Apollo 17

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Einion Yrth

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19,575 posts

243 months

Tuesday 22nd December 2015
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New site, minute by minute real-time replay of the Apollo 17 mission, audio, video and text. Very very, impressive, a real labour of love.


Toaster

2,938 posts

192 months

Tuesday 22nd December 2015
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How amazing thank you for posting this

bfeist

2 posts

99 months

Tuesday 22nd December 2015
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Thanks for the post. I'm the author of apollo17.org. I'm happy to answer any questions, and I'm also open to any comments or suggestions.

Eric Mc

121,785 posts

264 months

Tuesday 22nd December 2015
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Fantastic.

My favourite Apollo of them all. I'll be looking at that tomorrow.

Hooli

32,278 posts

199 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2015
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Brilliant

RogerExplosion

1,130 posts

189 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2015
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Really cool. Strangely quite interesting to just have as background noise. I'd love to post this on facebook but I stupidly have some 'truthers' that I haven't deleted yet and really can't be bothered with the argument.

Eric Mc

121,785 posts

264 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2015
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One of my guilty pleasures is putting on Mission Control chatter from the Apollo or even Gemini era on in the background when I'm working. It's one of the great aspects of the Internet that this type of stuff is freely available.

And it's not just historic missions. This week, I had the spacewalk conducted by Scott Kelly and Tim Kopra on the ISS going on live in the background. They were freeing a stuck Remote Manipulator Arm that had jammed.

Simpo Two

85,150 posts

264 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2015
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Eric Mc said:
One of my guilty pleasures is putting on Mission Control chatter from the Apollo or even Gemini era on in the background when I'm working.
Slightly tangential but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHIo6qwJarI

jmorgan

36,010 posts

283 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2015
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bfeist said:
Thanks for the post. I'm the author of apollo17.org. I'm happy to answer any questions, and I'm also open to any comments or suggestions.
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Superb. Only had a little play.

All of this from the archives?

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

197 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2015
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That's bloody awesome. Well done Sir.

stuartmmcfc

8,653 posts

191 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2015
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Simpo Two said:
Eric Mc said:
One of my guilty pleasures is putting on Mission Control chatter from the Apollo or even Gemini era on in the background when I'm working.
Slightly tangential but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHIo6qwJarI
Carrying on the tangent, the whole "race for space" album is very good with all its very 60!s talk

stuartmmcfc

8,653 posts

191 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2015
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Brilliant site thumbup

budgie smuggler

5,359 posts

158 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2015
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Fantastic site, thanks for the link.

Einion Yrth

Original Poster:

19,575 posts

243 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2015
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RogerExplosion said:
Really cool. Strangely quite interesting to just have as background noise. I'd love to post this on facebook but I stupidly have some 'truthers' that I haven't deleted yet and really can't be bothered with the argument.
Point them at the site, wait for their heads to explode.

jmorgan

36,010 posts

283 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2015
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Einion Yrth said:
RogerExplosion said:
Really cool. Strangely quite interesting to just have as background noise. I'd love to post this on facebook but I stupidly have some 'truthers' that I haven't deleted yet and really can't be bothered with the argument.
Point them at the site, wait for their heads to explode.
They already probably know. Just wind them up anyway, the stupid is too strong in them and this will be like shooting fish in a barrel.

Back on topic, I think similar was done with Apollo 11 on its anniversary?

tom77

108 posts

195 months

Wednesday 23rd December 2015
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Brilliant!

I have spent 2 night solid 'working' through this and am only 11 hours through the mission.

Is the apollo 11 one still hosted somewhere? It would be great to compare.

I know, I know, top lurking etc smile

Eric Mc

121,785 posts

264 months

Thursday 24th December 2015
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I listened to the Apollo 11 version in 2009. It's really great to put the well known comments and events in a proper time context.

Eric Mc

121,785 posts

264 months

Saturday 26th December 2015
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Listening to the Apollo 17 transmissions during today (working on tax returns - I need a distraction). I am still listening in on the early part of the mission and two things struck me -

i) how low their "parking" orbit was - less than 100 miles above the earth and

ii) how often they were out of communication with Mission Control largely because this orbit was so low. There were quite long periods when they were out of contact.

Also of note is that the Cap Com for launch and the first few hours was Robert Overmeyer. Overmeyer never got to fly any Apollo missions but did make a few Shuttle flights. Sadly, he was killed in 1996 when testing a light aircraft.



Brigand

2,544 posts

168 months

Wednesday 30th December 2015
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Good find OP, and good on the author for creating this website.

I've had random excerpts of this on in the background on several occasions now; I don't know why I like this as its just general radio chatter in the main, but its niche websites like this that I really appreciate.

jmorgan

36,010 posts

283 months

Wednesday 30th December 2015
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It is interesting listening to it. Matter of fact way of communication with no drama.

Apollo 12 audio takeoff is interesting. That is how they deal with it in a matter of fact way. I know, training and all that but still sound nonchalant.

http://history.nasa.gov/ap12fj/audio/a12a_000_00_0...

Text
http://history.nasa.gov/ap12fj/01launch_to_earth_o...

About 1 minute 30.

Steely eyed missile man at work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aaron