fisher@wsgate.DEC (Burns Fisher, MRO3-1/E13, DTN 231-4108.) (09/24/85)
>Is there evidence of the flag falling over at any Apollo site?
I am reasonably sure I have read that the astronauts saw it go over during
the A-11 LM liftoff. This might have been in Collins' CARRYING THE FIRE.
I think the other books I have read (NASA's APOLLO MISSIONS TO THE MOON
and FIRST ON THE MOON by the A-11 astros) were to straight-laced to have
had that info.
In any case, the way I recall it, Armstrong and Aldrin had *lots* of trouble
getting the flag stuck into the lunar soil, and when they did get it, they were
still afraid that it might tumble over while they were on live TV to billions.
I don't recall that the others had so much trouble. And starting with A-15
(or was it 14?) they did have the rover camera which could be panned around
my remote control from earth. Except that the first one had some trouble
with its panning, so they did not dare slew it around too fast and follow
the lunar module's takeoff.
Burns
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