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Did the human error Buzz Aldrin committed during Apollo 11 prevent him from flying again?
Posted on 7/27/22 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 7/27/22 at 4:46 pm
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Armstrong politely didn't mention the "human error" was Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin later admitted leaving the tracking radar on. He was scared they may not be able to find Mike Collins after they left the moon, so at the last minute, he decided to leave the radar unit on, instead of follow procedure. He didn't know the computer didn't have the capacity to track the moon and Collins at the same time. Amazing that Aldrin did this... If they had aborted the mission because of the alarms, you would have to speculate that Aldrin would have never flown again. Come to think about it, he didn't.
The Real Story Behind the Apollo 11 Computer Error | WSJ
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Posted on 7/27/22 at 4:50 pm to euphemus
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Did the human error Buzz Aldrin committed during Apollo 11 prevent him from flying again?
possibly, back then they didnt have any patience for guys who dont follow procedure by the book without fail.
im sure it was a black mark on his record but most likely not something that would be spoken about or known beyond the head decision makers
Posted on 7/27/22 at 4:52 pm to euphemus
Considering most of the people that built the rocket and ship and everything else probably couldn't boil themselves an egg, I'll give the man a pass.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 4:53 pm to keakar
This seems a stretch to draw such a conclusion from the fact that Aldrin never flew again, considering Armstrong and Collins never flew again either.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 4:53 pm to euphemus
Neither did Armstrong or Collins. How do you top being on Apollo 11? The only moon lander I can think of who had a long astronaut career afterwards is John Young.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 5:00 pm to euphemus
Come on man. Kubrick writes better copy than this.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 5:07 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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This seems a stretch to draw such a conclusion from the fact that Aldrin never flew again, considering Armstrong and Collins never flew again either.
Yeah, none of them were going to fly again. NASA was not going to risk losing anyone who was on the first moon mission.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 5:09 pm to euphemus
You actually believe Buzz Aldrin is a human?
Posted on 7/27/22 at 5:16 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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This seems a stretch to draw such a conclusion
im not drawing any conclusion, thats the OP
i just mentioned that based on his premise, that its possible
i think astronauts trained so much they most like only have a short window to be ready and once you go, its next man in line goes next
Posted on 7/27/22 at 5:55 pm to euphemus
The mathematics that made orbital rendezvous possible were developed by Aldrin, and were the subject of his Doctoral Dissertation at MIT several years before he was a astronaut, and played a large part in him being selected as a astronaut. There was probably no one else in the NASA scientific community at the time that understood the challenge of orbital rendezvous better than Aldrin. That knowledge probably influenced his decision to leave the radar on.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 5:56 pm to euphemus
Most of the guys that went to the moon didn’t fly again because what were you going to do to top that.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 5:57 pm to keakar
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possibly, back then they didnt have any patience for guys who dont follow procedure by the book without fail.
As I previously posted, Aldrin literally wrote the book on orbital rendezvous, I have a copy of his work.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 6:09 pm to euphemus
Never happened
—Liberator and Gaggle
—Liberator and Gaggle
Posted on 7/27/22 at 6:11 pm to The Boat
He couldn’t fake it again obviously
Posted on 7/27/22 at 6:16 pm to euphemus
If true it would be just as much of a failure of the people who were training Aldrin. Seems like an important thing to discuss.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 6:19 pm to euphemus
Maybe it was that they had just accomplished something that seemed impossible to begin with, and he didn’t want to leave anyone behind.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 6:20 pm to euphemus
The recording studio cut his contract
Posted on 7/27/22 at 6:33 pm to euphemus
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Armstrong politely didn't mention the "human error" was Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin later admitted leaving the tracking radar on. He was scared they may not be able to find Mike Collins after they left the moon, so at the last minute, he decided to leave the radar unit on, instead of follow procedure. He didn't know the computer didn't have the capacity to track the moon and Collins at the same time. Amazing that Aldrin did this... If they had aborted the mission because of the alarms, you would have to speculate that Aldrin would have never flown again. Come to think about it, he didn't.
Where is this quote from?
I searched for it and only this thread came up on Google.
And it's not in that video.
eta: Nevermind, it's just a random comment on the youtube video
This post was edited on 7/27/22 at 6:37 pm
Posted on 7/27/22 at 6:36 pm to euphemus
I thought you were calling Buzz “The Human Error”. It’s a great insult, actually.
Posted on 7/27/22 at 6:41 pm to EA6B
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The mathematics that made orbital rendezvous possible were developed by Aldrin, and were the subject of his Doctoral Dissertation at MIT several years before he was a astronaut, and played a large part in him being selected as a astronaut. There was probably no one else in the NASA scientific community at the time that understood the challenge of orbital rendezvous better than Aldrin. That knowledge probably influenced his decision to leave the radar on.
I’m not sure you’re right about this.
I saw a movie about how most of the old white men at nasa were a bunch of backwoods morons and it was actually black women that got us to the moon in between potty breaks.
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