We Had the Technology to Fake the Landing, But Not to Fake the Video Feed

[Astronauts falling on the Moon, NASA Apollo Mission Landed on the Lunar Surface] (Viewer #153,371)

I’ve seen a lot of moon footage. None of it this.

Also, it made me think about how that fragile little suit was all that stood between those astronauts & death by vacuum.

Personally, I’d be a lot more leery of rolling around on a surface covered with random sharp rocks.

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  1. “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress” discusses the problem people accustomed to Earth gravity have adjusted to lower gravity environments . The problem is that although the gravity is lower inertia is not. So moving in a straight line one can do relatively effortlessly. But stopping or changing direction is where people slip up as those action require the same force as it would on earth.

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