Apollo had a much much higher tolerance of risk - Apollo 12 did not abort after a lightning strike and total systems reboot (except the engines), Armstrong and

Apollo had a much much higher tolerance of risk - Apollo 12 did not abort after a lightning strike and total systems reboot (except the engines), Armstrong and Aldrin basically decided they were going to be the first men to land on the moon dead or alive (they actually ignored the fuel out alarm during lunar module descent). Would never happen in todays elf and safety culture.