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I just got through watching part 2. It was similar to the first episode in one notable way: it screwed up by leaving out Apollo 15! It covered 14 ok, but then started talking about the lunar rover (first *used* on Apollo 15) and jumped immediately to Apollo 16. That kind of miffed me a bit, as 15's descent and landing was probably the most radical of the program, and its science was at least as important as that of Apollo 16. Clear skies to you.

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I haven't been watching as I don't have cable. That's a _serious lapse_, to my mind. 15 was an amazing mission, what with landing so close to Hadley Rille, etc. IIRC it was the first to use the Lunar Rover (can't recall whether that is the correct official name for the vehicle). I watched as much coverage at the time as I could, tho (again, if memory serves) by that point the public was largely "bored" (@_@) with the whole thing and coverage was spotty.

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8" Discovery DHQ
Celestron C102-HD
9x63 Orion mini-giants
(2) Frontally-placed visual organs, incl. lens, vitreous/aqueous humors, assorted rods, cones.

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