[HN Gopher] Apollo Lunar Surface Journal
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       Apollo Lunar Surface Journal
        
       Author : NaOH
       Score  : 90 points
       Date   : 2024-07-20 00:15 UTC (4 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.nasa.gov)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nasa.gov)
        
       | jasoncartwright wrote:
       | Off-topic, but gosh, isn't this dead simple nonsense-free
       | content-rich website easy to navigate & quick to load
        
         | JKCalhoun wrote:
         | The structure and design of the linked web page is never off
         | topic for HN. ;-)
        
           | password4321 wrote:
           | Only complaints per
           | https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html:
           | 
           | > _Please don 't complain about tangential annoyances--e.g.
           | article or website formats_
        
       | amrtn wrote:
       | If you liked it, you'd probably also enjoy the three Omega Tau
       | Podcast episodes with David Woods, one of the contributors of the
       | NASA Apollo Flight Journal [1]
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       | https://omegataupodcast.net/83-how-apollo-flew-to-the-moon/
       | 
       | https://omegataupodcast.net/97-how-apollo-explored-the-moon/
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       | https://omegataupodcast.net/176-the-gemini-programme/
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       | --- 1: https://www.nasa.gov/history/afj/
        
       | KineticLensman wrote:
       | I love the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, but I was staggered when
       | I came across
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       | https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/
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       | (plays mission audio in real time accompanied by Video and the
       | transcripts of the comms, highlighting which of the mission
       | control channels are active. The landing itself is awe-inspiring
       | - skip forward to 102:27:57 - 'go for powered descent')
        
         | xtiansimon wrote:
         | I discovered this during the anniversary. I played it non-stop
         | from start to finish. What a treasure.
        
         | rkagerer wrote:
         | Dumb question, how do you fast forward it on mobile?
        
       | rob74 wrote:
       | Interesting that there's an entry for Apollo 13 as well, although
       | the page (unsurprisingly) doesn't contain a surface journal:
       | https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/a13/a13.html
        
       | JKCalhoun wrote:
       | From the Apollo 12 journal, Alan Bean is directing Pete Conrad
       | out of the hatch for the first time from the interior of the
       | lunar lander.
       | 
       | > 115:16:39 Bean: Doing good. You're headed right square out the
       | hatch. You'll have to bend over more, though. (Pause) Wait. Wait.
       | Wait. Oops. Come forward a little. Move to your right,
       | you're...There you are. Now go. You were getting that little...
       | (Pause) You got to kneel down a little more. (Pause) Well, I'll
       | push you (down) if you don't mind. (Pause)
       | 
       | I had never made the analogy to a child leaving the womb before I
       | read this.
        
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