Rene-NASA-Mooned-America

NASA MOONED AMERICA! / Rene
Every Shot — A Hole In One /
Chap. 8
p. 72
out the value for Noun 69 —by hand. The Control Center's computers didn't know how
to do something as simple as multiply two numbers, Schiesser said, and they hadn't
bothered to bring in a mechanical calculator. They scratched out their calculations,
passed the number to the Trench, who gave it to Flight, who told CAPCOM to transmit it
to the crew." 27
Man! What accuracy! Big computers that don't multiply Trajectory ballistics by hand
In seconds Golly! Hooray for Hollywood! How can anyone disbelieve this
Below Harry Hurt has transcribed the conversation between Conrad and Bean as they
left the LEM which absolutely verifies that Richard Lewis's statement is true.
"Conrad ventured a few more steps away from the LM, steadied himself in the
powdery surface dust, and started scanning the surrounding moonscape. He promptly
spied the half-sunken metallic object he was looking for."
"Boy, you'll never believe it! Guess what I see sitting on the side of the crater The
old surveyor!"
"The old Surveyor!" Bean Echoed. "Yes, sir!"
"Does that look neat!" Conrad declared, laughing with glee. "It can't be any further
than six hundred feet from here. How about that" 28
Add to the "If that don't beat all" category in grandpaw Ben's book of hillbilly records
the following NASA fact. "A few years later, after the four LEMs following Intrepid had
each descended to within a few yards of their targets, ..." 29
Golly! "Within a few yards." Don't that beat all Sho' nuf!