Moonwalk, Episode 3: One Small Step

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hello I'm Lyn bant and in this program the moonwalk series continues in this show we relive that magic moment when Neil Armstrong made one small step for man one giant leap for mankind we listen to people from all over the world voice their opinions of what Apollo 11 success means to them look down look down that fragile bubble of Life a float on a sea of nothing spaceship earth [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] e [Music] go [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] 17 [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] plus 00 one Niner Z roll is your option Pitch 2 13 35 57 Now 44 is na Delta VT 0 0 one ner 7 0 03 00 [Music] [Music] 0152 follow 11 this is Houston I've got the morning news here if you're interested over yeah we sure are we're ready to copy and comment okay first off uh looks like it's going to be impossible to get away from the fact that you guys are dominating all the news back here in Earth even PR in Russia has headlining the mission and calls Neil thear of the ship I think maybe they got the wrong mission among the large headlines concerning Apollo this morning is one asking that you watch for a lovely girl with a big rabbit hello there everything hello there an ancient legend says a beautiful Chinese girl called Chango has been living there for 4,000 years it seems uh she was banished to the Moon because she stole the pill of immortality from her husband husband you might also look for her companion a large Chinese rabbit who is easy to spot since he has always standing on his hind feet in the shade of a cinnamon tree the name of the rabbit is not reported okay we'll keep a close eye for the bunny girl and in Corby England an Irishman John Coyle has won the world's parri eating championship by consuming 23 bowls of oatmeal in a 10-minute time limit from a field of 35 other competitors over I like ald inil contest next time he's on his 19 Bower back here in Houston mayor Lou wels promises the lifting of lawn watering restrictions if the rains continue and the big news around Houston today concerns the Astros in the sports world the Houston Astros ried in the ninth inning at Cincinnati to dump the red 7 to four your three wives and children got together for lunch yesterday at Buzz's house according to Pat it turned out to be a g President Nixon is planning to use his executive power to streamline the Interstate Commerce Commission it was reported Nixon would trim later in the week enthusiastically welcomed at the Jackie gleon golf match in Miami Florida local residents celebrate as air pollution reached critical levels the Senate unanimously backed a National Environmental Policy Act to make the safeguarding of the physical environment astronauts are not the only explorers in the news San Diego awaits the arrival of Mrs Sharon Adams on her solo crossing of the Pacific seen here leaving yoka California couple said they plann to marry at the precise moment Armstrong sets foot on the lunar in Vietnam things are relatively quiet with only a few firefights 814 men of the third battalion's 60th in GIS north of Saigon were evacuating villagers in the mikon Delta a South Vietnamese force was new riots broke out in Northern Ireland during the celebration marking the 297th anniversary of the battle of Bo a Protestant victory over the forces Witnesses in its investigation of student disorders that took place at Harvard and other universities last spring 10,000 Harvard students registration for the Black Panther Party convention being held at party headquarters in Oakland the White House Quakers had gathered to continue their silent vigil against the Grand Pre AO races at Watkins Glen New York and the 200 mile at Trenton New Jersey were won by world famous Mario andred who now takes the lead in US Auto Club antipoverty workers out of Charleston West Virginia are taking information about birth control and Family Planning into the mountains of Appalachia a new line of space toys Drew impressive crowds of children of all ages and the Tokyo department stores on the eve of Apollo's touchdown in the mid East young Jordanian gorillas trained for battle while new skirmishes broke out in retaliation to Israeli assaults a force of 32 Egyptian Commandos slipped across the ceasefire from the US defense department that 1.5 million Bops have now succumbed to Carri over Viet American leag 758 plus all balls plus 0000 0 ner eight plus correction 0 0572 Pary plus 0000 0 85 00 0764 03 0 0 0 0 two niner three 86- 0 0759 Apollo went into orbit around the moon the journey that had taken the lifetime of mankind was nearing its crucial moment helloo 11 Houston we're wondering if you started into the limb yet over okay Charlie we're in the Lim the uh backing index Mark is the same Roger we copy houon Apollo 11 Apollo 11 eagle the lunar module Eagle was again given a thorough checkout to ensure the functioning of all systems as Armstrong and Aldren prepared to seal themselves off from Collins In The Command Module and for the two craft to pull apart 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 Houston out over okay let's go there Capcom on the hot fire okay all flat controllers going around the horn going no go for undocking okay retro go FAL go guide go control goom go JY go Ecom go surgeon go capc work go for undocking hello Eagle Houston we're standing by over Eagle Houston we Houston we see you on a stable over rer [Applause] e Roger how does it look e Wings R The Eagle Has Wings on its own now but with Columbia near at hand it coasted around around to the back side of the moon and there while out of direct communication with the Earth it fired its engine to slow its descent to a touchdown on the near Side of the Moon Collins in Colombia continued in orbit awaiting their [Applause] return okay off FL controller is going to go for landing retro guidance control tcon GNC eon go surge go Capcom we're go for landing altitude 42 you're go for landing over stand go for landing 3,00 you're looking great how you doing control we look good here fine all right how about you tcom go guidance you happy go 2000 ft 2000 ft into the egg 47° here 47 de still looking very good here go alarm 121 121 roog 121 alarm 121 alarm go FL okay we're go we're go same type we're go altitude 1600 Eagle looking great Roger 122 we copy it 35° 750 coming down to 23 540 ft and a 15 10 and 50 ft down at four altitude velocity light half down 220 ft forward coming down nicely 200 ft 4 and 1/2 down 5 and 1/2 down 100 ft 3 and 1 half down nine forward he 75 ft guys looking good down a half six forward 60 seconds light on forward forward 4 ft down two half picking up some dust great Shadow more forward drifting to the right a little 30 second contact light okay engine stop we copy it down Eagle list uh Tranquility base here the eagle has landed this is Apollo control Houston at and uh 5 hours now on the flight to Pao 11 our current plan is to have uh crew members aboard the eagle to eat and relax for a little while prior to starting e Eva preps we won't know with certainty uh or have a reasonable time pack until about an hour before for and the world wait July 20th 1969 it is said that 500 million people gathered at TV sets around the world to wait for the first Earthling to set foot on the moon countless Millions more listened on the radio to the voices from the Moon radio this is Houston loud and clear never before had so many people been attuned to one event at one time the world waited curious wondering aware like a sleeper wakened in the Night by a far away sound a moment sensed more than [Applause] understood okay Neil we can see you coming down the ladder [Applause] now okay I just checked to getting back up to that first step as it's uh isn't collapsed too far but it's adequate to get back up Roger we cop pretty good little [Applause] jump um at the foot of the ladder the lamb foot beds are only uh uh de breasted in the surface about uh one or two inches although the surface appears to be uh very very fine grained as you get close to it it's almost like a powder ground m is very fine I'm going to step off the L that's one small step for man one Le for man that's one small step from one giant for [Applause] man the moon time astronaut [Applause] arm oh that looks beautiful from here it has a start Beauty all its own it's uh like much of the high desert of uh the United States it's uh different but it's very pretty out here are you getting a TV picture now Houston Neil yes we are getting a TV picture you're in our field of view now okay ready for me to come out all set okay I'm on the top Step At the very simple matter to hop down from one step to the next you've got three more steps and then a long one okay I'm going to leave that one foot up there and both hands down about the fourth rung up there you go okay now I think I'll do the [Applause] same little more got another inch hey you got it that's a good step beautiful view that something magnificent sight out here magnificent desolation very fine pow isn't it is it fine and Ne didn't I say we might see some purple rocks find the purple rocks y very small sparkly fragments okay Houston I'm going to change lenses on [Applause] you Roger Neil when you you're going too fast on the Panorama sweep you're going to have to stop for I haven't stopped I haven't set it down yet that's the first picture in the Panorama okay I'm going to move it tell me if you got a picture Houston we've got a beautiful picture Neil okay we got that one okay there's another good one uh for a final orientation we'd like it to come left about uh 5° over okay okay that looks good there [Applause] Neil Buzz is erecting the solar wind experiment now every precious minute of their 2 and 1/2 hours on the surface was programmed Rock and soil samples were to be collected photographs taken experiments set up to catch unfiltered particles from the Sun to record moonquakes to measure precisely by laser beam reflection the exact distance between Moon and Earth Columbia Columbia this is Houston AOS over Houston colia on high over Roger the Eva is progressing beautifully they're setting up the flag now I guess you're about the only person around that doesn't have TV coverage of the scene that's all right I don't mind it bit they've got the flag up now and you can see the stars and stripes on the L beautiful just beautiful how is the quality of the TV oh it's beautiful Mike really [Applause] is like to evaluate the various Paces that a person can traveling on the surface do have to be all right you do have to be uh rather careful to keep track of where your Center mass is times it takes about two or three bases to make sure that uh you got your feet underneath [Applause] you and about two or three or maybe four easy faes can bring you fairly smooth uh stop like a football PR just after put out to the side cut a little bit so called kangaroo hop does work but it seems your forward stability is not quite as good would get rather tiring after several but this may be a function of a suit as well as a lack of gravity [Applause] force I I noticed in the soft spots where we have Footprints uh nearly an inch deep that the soil is very cohesive and it will retain a slope of probably 70° on side of the buzz is making his way around the lamb photographing it from various angles looking at its condition on all sides uh right in this area there are two Raiders uh the one that's right in front of me now as I look off in about the uh 11:00 position from spacecraft about uh 30 to 35 ft Rog up in the foreground buz alurn is collecting a core tube sample I hope you're watching uh how hard I have to hit this into the ground uh to the tune of about 5 in Houston Roger it almost looks wet uh Buzz this is Houston uh you've got about 10 minutes left now prior to commencing your Eva termination activities over Dodger I understand it's Mar absolutely fantastic the first person on know it's just too much I I can't get over I don't know how to put it you know but uh it's the most marvelous thing it's a miracle this is formid I don't know what we are really thrilled for every American this has to be the proudest day of our lives and for people all over the world it's great really great for the whole world this this means a lot to all the countries not just for America and being out of it and being closest to the moon makes us realize that we're all human beings together I hope this brings Unity amongst all countries and I just hope it won't help you from solving all internal problems you may have well I think it's a waste of a lot of money that could be used for something else they hollered up people are being on starvation this huge amount of money Americans spent to see what the moon is like what's WR it's disgusting it's a pity they haven't got something else to do be be better if they done something for the alens what if Columbus had decided he couldn't get the money from Isabella where would that's one of God Celestial planet and he put it in the sky for a purpose and he didn't put the perfect people to clutter up like they have the Earth myself I'm really interesting to see what's up there we must open all secrets that are opening to us throughout the ages I think that the dream of the man from the beginning of the human race is coming now and so standing firmly in the lunar surface is the American flag left behind by the Apollo 11 crew next week the eagle returns to Earth with a valuable cargo scientists examine the various Rock samples that the Apollo 11 crew brought back with them conclusions are drawn about how unique the Earth is in comparison to other planets I'm Lyn [Music] band