Re: Apollo 11 program alarms

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1989 23:07

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In article <8861@thorin.cs.unc.edu> symon@lhotse.cs.unc.edu (James Symon) writes:
>> And the answer is ... Steve Bales.  Bales was the
>> guidance officer for Apollo 11.  As such, he was the
>> person who gave Eagle the GO to land despite the 1202
>> and 1201 program alarms.
>
>In that CBS special it appeared that Armstrong made that decision. He
>said something to the effect, "Hang tight, we're going" and just kep
>going when the program alarm came up.

Nope, wrong -- it was the people back in Houston, and Bales in particular,
who decided that the problem wasn't serious enough to justify an abort.
Half a dozen sources, including official NASA ones, all agree on this.
CBS is mistaken.
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