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Offline RAF

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Apollo 15 40th anniversary video
« on: May 16, 2013, 12:05:02 PM »
Just "found" this video marking the 40th anniversary of A15....a joy to watch...highly recommended.

Favorite moment is towards the end when Dave Scott thanks Neil Armstrong (who was in the audience)for "saving" them on Gemini 8 by saying, "You did good, boss".

Must admit I got a little misty eyed hearing that.
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Offline ka9q

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Re: Apollo 15 40th anniversary video
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2013, 01:01:52 PM »
Which video is that? "Apollo 15 40th anniversary" has quite a few hits. Do you mean the one from NASA TV?
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Offline RAF

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Re: Apollo 15 40th anniversary video
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2013, 02:20:09 PM »
Quote from: ka9q on May 16, 2013, 01:01:52 PM
Which video is that? "Apollo 15 40th anniversary" has quite a few hits. Do you mean the one from NASA TV?



Yes...the link I posted should take you right to it.
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Offline Allan F

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Re: Apollo 15 40th anniversary video
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2013, 09:58:51 PM »
Looking through the ALSJ pictures, I just found this.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/AS15-84-11324HR.jpg

That is the LM photographed from a great distance, using the 500mm lens.

Such a tiny thing so far away.
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Offline Chew

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Re: Apollo 15 40th anniversary video
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2013, 10:03:44 PM »
Scott said it was his favorite photo from the mission. It was my desktop at work for year.
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Offline Allan F

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Re: Apollo 15 40th anniversary video
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2013, 10:26:22 PM »
When you see that, you realize how alien and inhospitable the moon is. That little spot was the only place with air - in a radius of 382.000 km.
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Well, it is like this: The truth doesn't need insults. Insults are the refuge of a darkened mind, a mind that refuses to open and see. Foul language can't outcompete knowledge. And knowledge is the result of education. Education is the result of the wish to know more, not less.

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Re: Apollo 15 40th anniversary video
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2013, 10:38:28 PM »
That is pretty much how Scott summed it up why it was his favorite photo! 'That tiny little thing is my only real connection to home.'
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