Armstrong’s Close Call (Lunar landing research vehicle)

[ndtman]

Sorry if this is a repost.

Just found an interesting video, thought it may be of interest.


http://www.airspacemag.com/multimedia/videos/Armst...

[RizzoTheRat]

Quite a strong wind by the look of it which probably didn't help.

Amazing quality video for '68

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Tuesday 15th December 11:11

[Bugeyeandy]

Great video clip thanks.

I can recommend asking Santa for the dvd "In the shadow of the Moon" for Christmas.

These men were definately made of the right stuff

Edited by Bugeyeandy on Tuesday 15th December 11:14

[Eric Mc]

I think they lost another one as well. NASA were inclined to stop using the LLTV but the astronauts insisted that it be kept in service as nothing else replicated the handling of the Lunar Module as accurately.

[ndtman]

Bugeyeandy said:

Great video clip thanks.

I can recommend asking Santa for the dvd "In the shadow of the Moon" for Christmas.

These men were definately made of the right stuff

Edited by Bugeyeandy on Tuesday 15th December 11:14

Thanks for the tip. Just ordered it from Amazon.

[Simpo Two]

RizzoTheRat said:

Amazing quality video for '68

Film was actually quite good then

[Eric Mc]

Simpo Two said:

RizzoTheRat said:

Amazing quality video for '68

Film was actually quite good then

I always wonder why people think that picture quality had to be sub-standard before (say) 2000.

As you say, film quality has been excellent going back to the 1930s at least.

[Zad]

That's the great thing about film. A big "sensor" area, with nice big expensive lenses to gather lots of light and generate good angular resolution. It means even black and white films like The Third Man have a resolution that is still quite a bit higher than 1080HD, both in terms of pixels and dynamic range. When you apply modern scanning and colour correction, even really horrible old film can be made to look "modern".