Neil Armstrong Ejects From Lunar Lander Testflight

aeronerdsays...

NASA built LLRV (lunar lander research vehicle) and later the LLTV (lunar landar training vehicle). They were not tethered. They used a jet engine, oriented vertically on a gimbal to lift the vehicle so that it would behave as the actual lander would over the moon. (The moon's gravity is about 1/6 of Earth's.)

Neil Armstrong said that the moon landing would not have been possible without these test vehicles. More info here: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-026-DFRC.html

If you want to see one, I know they have one on display at NASA Dryden in Southern California. I think they only do tours ever other Friday, though.

Raigensays...

>> ^Fusionaut:
I heard that Armstrong casually carried on with his day after this like nothing happened at all.


You're correct, they talk about it in "From the Earth to the Moon", as mentioned above. Buzz came into work and everyone was talking about it, and he ran to Neil's office, burst through the door, and there was Neil doing paperwork. Buzz asked him, and Neil just looked up and said "Yeah.", then went back to work.

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