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Could someone explain why the austranauts had to be quaranteened for three weeks after the landing? Thanks! --vex5 01:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
NASA didn't want to take any chances. However unlikely, they thought it at least possible that there would be living organisms on the moon, and it was considered prudent to isolate the astronauts and observe them. Apollo 12 astronauts were the only other lunar explorers subjected to this process. Apollo 13 astronauts were to be the first to not undergo quarantine, but even if the quarantine was still in effect, 13's crew never landed on the moon. Expect a similar quarantine for astronauts that visit any other planet for the first time, unless the space agency(ies) figure the long flight time back to Earth is sufficient to detect problems.
As to living organisms on the Moon, maybe not so farfetched, from a scientific/evolutionary point of view. Seen the movie "The Andromeda Strain"? The fictional movie concerned the discovery of a life form perfectly suited to survive in space. And how about nanosized robots small enough to enter our bodies? (think the Borg of Star Trek and the movie "Moontrap" with Walter Koenig!) I'm sure NASA was thinking more of the Andromeda Strain type of potential, however. GBC 03:52, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
In actually, Apollo 11, Apollo 12, and Apollo 14 underwent post-flight quarantines. Apollo 13 did not undergo the post-flight quarantine due to the tank malfunction and the last three Apollo crews did not have to do the same because the samples returned to Earth, as well as the previous three quarantines, revealed that the Moon was a lifeless body. Also, only Apollo 11 required its crew to wear the biohazard suits while the crews of 12 and 14 only wore gas masks. Rwboa22 18:04, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
I asked why vex5 put a Template:TotallyDisputed on this article. Awaiting response. Joema 15:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
I've removed it, he didn't list his reasoning here, and it doesn't seem to meet the wikiped definition anyway. It's a well referenced article.WolfKeeper 15:53, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
The Apollo 11 article is 90204 bytes; the Apollo moon landing hoax accusations article is 227607 bytes - more than 2½ times as long. I think the crackpots have scored ample attention on this. Copey 2 14:06, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Then please do tell, where were the stars in the background of the footage?
We've a photo and a quote right up at the top of the article. Yes, this is the defining moment; yes, it's famous; yes, it's immediately recognisable. But it's not as if "the first manned mission to land on the Moon ... the first humans to set foot on the Moon" needs clarifying - wouldn't this be better worked into the rest of the text? Shimgray | talk | 15:26, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
I noticed the line "Secondly, a less well known urban legend suggests that they were being 'watched' while on the Moon, and had seen alien vehicles there." in the trivia section. While they didn't see anything but rocks on the actual surface of the moon, on the third day of the flight, they actualy did observe an object moving alongside them. The astronauts on board didn't tell mission control (until they returned) because they feared that someone might want them to turn back because of aliens or some stupid crap. They figured that it was most likely the S-IVB (Saturn V 3rd stage) that separated from them 3 days earlier, so they asked mission control where it was, and they responded saying that the S-IVB was actualy 6,000 nautical miles from them, therefore the object that they observed couldn't have been the S-IVB (mind you, I'm not saying it was aliens or some stupid crap like that, it was probably just space junk (what little there was in 1969) or even (though much less likely) the Soviets spying on them). I looked all through this article, and there is no mention of it, and I think that it deserves to be discuseed. Someone should look into it and write about it. The QBasicJedi 17:41, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure the Chappaquiddick info has any relevance here other than the fact it happened at the same time. Heck, the success of the Chicago Cubs at the same time probably distracted some baseball fans. It is true that NASA withheld news of the accident in their radio news reports to the astronauts but that's the only link I can see and that's not mentioned. DrBear 12:00, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
I guess I should have mentioned where I heard this. It was on a show on the Science channel called "First on the Moon: the Untold Story". I know it did happen because they had Buzz Aldrin on there and he was talking about it and everything. Furthermore, they actualy showed a video of a similiar object from a latter flight (so this wasn't the last time this happened). Please don't treat me liek a crazy conspiracy theorist dumbass. This really happened and it should be mentioned in the article. :) The QBasicJedi 21:54, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
On pages 430 to 432 of my copy of First Man it talks about the sighting. On the evening of the third day Aldrin saw an object that moved relative to the stars. They radioed mission control who told them the S-IVB was 6000 miles away, that being their first guess as the cause. Armstrong is described as being confident what they saw was one of the SLA panels (Image:As7-3-1545.jpg has a nice shot of them still attached on Apollo 7. On Saturn V flights, they disattached after it was decided that they could pose a hazard to getting the LM out during later flights). The object is also mentioned in section 6.40 of the mission report (scroll down from here). Evil Monkey - Hello 04:35, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
OK. So we have some sources that prove this. So now how can it be included in the article? The QBasicJedi 03:42, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
SIDENOTE: I recently watched a documentary on the Discovery (or was it the Explorer) channel about the mission; Aldrin clearly stated they saw an UFO on the way to the Moon but did not inform Mission Control, instead they asked about the whereabouts of the second rocket engine (second phase of the rocket busters) and were told it was some 10 000 kilometers behind them so apparently the UFO was not part of the ship. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.247.249.65 (talk) 13:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Was NASA really going to cut all communications with Apollo 11 if something went wrong? LCpl 18:24 31 May 2006 (EST)
I have edited the information about Steve Bales and the Apollo 11 landing. He didn't actually receive the Presidential Medal of Honor for his role in the mission, but rather accepted a NASA Group Achievement Award on behalf of the mission control team. Anyone who wants to discuss this further can do so either here or on my talk page. --MLilburne 08:43, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
I remember what Neil Armstrong's words were when he first set foot on the moon. They were, "It's a kind of a soft powdery stuff, I can kick it with my boot." I destinctly remember him speaking about the moon dust adhering to his suit (I think from static electricity). In fact he spoke for what seemed like several minutes from the ladder, before he put the second foot on the moon and said his famous line. Doesn't anyone else remember it? --Djfeldman 15:33, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
I added this:
on the basis of a news report 1 October 2006 that said NASA's examination had been completed and confirms it. For all those who disputed me when I said this last time, feel free to contact NASA... Trekphiler 05:13, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
I am new to editing Wikipedia, but have closely followed Space exploration efforts since the announcement of Sputnik, when I was four years old. I also have some experience manipulating wave files with Cool Edit and Goldwave (the program used by Ford to analyze Armstrong's statement). I also have pretty good hearing, and have listened to Armstrong's words over and over. There is no room to fit the word "a" between "for" and "man". As nice as it would be if Armstrong had said what he meant to say, the evidence is that he did not. I assert that Ford's analysis is erroneous, and so should be treated as tentative until others have confirmed or refuted it. Jeff Root 01:48, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Several concerns. In general, the article doesn't feel tidy. There are incidences of bad text formatting, e.g. ".[3]).", and the article contains several lists that might be better converted to prose or sent to the "See also" section. Standard recommendation with galleries seems to be to have it at the end of the article. In this case, I would suggest taking the best photographs from the gallery into the main text, and putting the rest at the end, or making sure it is listed on the Commons page. The structure of the article is not that great, with the short section on the contingency address stranded in the middle of the article, before the details of comms. Even the mission insignia are probably more important, although I might agree that the contingency address is important enough to not end up in the trivia section. In fact, you ought to consider spinning the "trivia and urban legends" section out into a separate article, leaving behind just a brief summary of one to three paragraphs. "See also" needs to be alphabetic or in some other structure that makes sense. Finally, it is not clear which reference(s) support(s) the comms section; this is probably the gravest problem. I'm fairly confident that if you address these concerns and reapply, you'll get through.
Best,
Samsara (talk • contribs) 12:59, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
Rocks were retrieved, hours of footage was taken, thousands of photographs were taken, reflectors were placed on the moon. What would constitute concrete evidence in your mind?
And may I add that, by many estimates, there were about 1 million people in the vicinity of the liftoff, as well as military personnel and media at the splashdown. By the way - given burden-of-proof, it's incumbent on those who believe it's faked to show some evidence. I have seen none - let's see some evidence, or shaddup already. DrBear 16:29, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
The previous quote is from the following paragraph on the Wikipedia policy page on neutral point of view:
Moon hoax theorists are a tiny minority. That they produce noise out of all proportion to their size doesn't make them either large or significant. To repeat a point I made above, the Apollo 11 article is 90204 bytes; the Apollo moon landing hoax accusations article is 227607 bytes - more than 2½ times as long. Copey 2 13:12, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Please note: I have removed the disputed tag. To User:69.151.235.175 who put it on, please see WP:SNOW to understand that the disputed tag will never stay on this article. --Storkk 03:19, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
There are still a few "citation needed" tags scattered around the article; seems to me that this ought to be addressed before the article achieves GA status. MLilburne 19:47, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Also, what's the difference between "Notes" and "External Links"? Should those two sections perhaps be merged? MLilburne 19:50, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Great article easily upto GA standard -- Nbound 07:03, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
I deleted this:
To begin with, "settled gracefuly to the ground" doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. Second, I question this qualifies as "from the surface"; unless the pads were down, I'd suggest it's not "from the surface". Third, "reportedly forgot to shut the engine off"? Sez who? I recall Neil promptly said, "OK, engine stop." What was said next qualifies as "first words spoken from the surface" (and now we can quibble about whether Neil had to be standing on the surface or not...), because CapCom said, "OK, we copy you down, Eagle."--& "Contact Light" didn't get it. I don't recall the tape well enough to know what was said next, but that ought to go in as "first words", technically--tho there's a good argument, until Neil actually stepped down, it doesn't count. Trekphiler 20:16, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Talking about when Neil actually stepped down, anybody remember who was first to touch Hornet's deck when they got back? Trekphiler 20:28, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
The caption of the TV picture claiming to show Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon is incorrect and repeats a common mistake. This picture shows the large step from the bottom rung of the ladder to the foot pad of the lunar module. The first step to the surface of the moon was a small one off of the foot pad. It occurred a moment later than the picture that is shown, after Armstrong announced, "I am going to step off the LEM now," and is concurrent with his "One small step ..." statement. The actual step is probably not even visible to the TV camera, but might be visible in the slow frame rate film taken by the camera in the lunar module window above.
12.73.68.145 04:36, 3 November 2006 (UTC)D. Richardson
I feel that the section relating to the hoax accusations should be removed. If people think it's necessary, it should be moved to the Project Apollo article instead becuase it is not Apollo 11 specific. Andy120290 21:19, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Amazingly, I am of the opinion that info about the conspiracy theory should be kept, but not here in this article. I deeply regret this, since I think the theories are pure and utter bollocks, yet they should be kept since the theories are "widespread" and a part of history. Nevertheless I think it should be moved to Moon landing, since that article covers the landing and this article covers the Apollo 11 mission. Maybe keep a link to the hoax article here, though. By the way, any of you guys know what the hoax people thinks of the other moon landings, Gagarin, and all orbit missions? Are they conspiracies too? Where do they draw the line? Hey, wait, maybe Columbus never went to America? :) Regards, --Dna-Dennis talk - contribs 21:45, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
I have removed the conspiracy theories section and moved it to the Moon landing article. Andy120290 01:09, 1 January 2007 (UTC)