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With his unique blend of energy and enquiry, James May takes an exhilarating look at the historic moon missions. Four decades ago, James sat in his family sitting room watching Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin take man's first steps on the moon. The subject has remained a fascination, and now he travels to America to meet three men who have walked on the moon, to discover how it felt and learn how 1960s technology managed to produce the most incredible machines in aviation history.
Last edited by supernova1965; 26-11-2010 at 05:55 PM.
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Absolutely jaw dropping..
Having the opportunity to speak to 3 of only 9 surviving Apollo astronauts would be the ultimate though.
I would love to spend time with them, they are living treasures.
I was amazed at the amount of equipment on the Saturn V that needed to fire at the same time for them to lift off. Just in one of the shots there must have been thousands of things!!!!!!!!
And when they spotted the airline in the sky which was the same distance to the plane as it would have been if they were on the ground. Just put it into perspective.
I missed the first couple of minutes. I was aware of, but hadn't really considered, the G forces they had to endure over the first couple of minutes of flight. I think the figure mentioned was over 5G for 2 and a half minutes. That would tough, even lying on your back.
