Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazz4CQJ
had what appeared very much to be an A4 (or foolscap) hand-drawn graph (maybe it was a pen recording) showing the height of the LM as a function of time during the last couple of minutes of the flight.
|
http://www.jodrellbank.net/20-july-1...-surface-moon/
I remember many years ago, the original of that pen recording was displayed in the public cafeteria at Jodrell Bank, and looking at it was perhaps the most poignant part of my visit.
Sadly, most mentions of that graph on line, are in the context of debunking conspiracy theories.
"I say, this has really been drama of the highest order". You might need to allow the flash player to work at the top of this page.
At the end, you can hear the carrier Doppler of Lunar 15 as it crash lands in Mare Crisium, just North of the Apollo 11 astronauts still sitting in Eagle on Mare Tranquilltatis.
http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/news/2009/luna15-apollo11/