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Old April 7th 07, 09:15 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default First impressions of flight

On Mar 30, 11:36 am, "James M. Knox" wrote:

I recall MANY years ago talking with a programmer from NASA, who had worked
on the originalmoonlandingsimulations. All this ran in real-time, i.e.
a two week launch tolandingreally took two weeks. He said after a while
it would get to seem so real, that when the lunar lander finally touched
down (all simulated, of course) everyone in the control room would break
into wild cheers and start looking for the champagne bottles. G


There were no such manned moon landings. How much proof of your
having been snookered would you like?
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Brad Guth