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The problem with the show is that it's covering so much in so little time a lot of interesting facts are left out. I did like the part about "underfueling" the LEM descent stage so the Apollo 10 astronaughts wouldn't try to land on the Moon. I was also suprised to see Neil Armstrong on the program.

Rich (RLTYS)

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Yes, but Apollo 15 had so many interesting "firsts" about it that it really should have at least been mentioned. The mission was the first of the "J" series. It was the first attempt to "go off the beaten path", with a true science mission in a geologically spectacular location. Its landing required flying over the 14,000 ft Apennine range and landing in a relative compact location near Hadley Rille without as much margin for error as in the previous missions. The mission included the first use of the lunar rover, as well as the discovery of "the Genesis Rock" (the first sample of anorthosite ever to be found on the moon). It had Dave Scott's famous "Falcon feather and hammer" drop in a vacuum to demonstrate how all bodies fall at the same rate. In short, if any mission should have been slighted, it should not have been Apollo 15's. Apollo 16 did a lot as well, but it could have been mentioned more briefly in the program rather than just omitting Apollo 15. Clear skies to you.

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David W. Knisely
Hyde Memorial Observatory
http://www.hydeobservatory.info

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