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>Although the comparative lack of hands-on control led some astronauts to call themselves ‘spam in a can’, these missions called for both the highest order of t
by phillmv 14y ago
>Although the comparative lack of hands-on control led some astronauts to call themselves ‘spam in a can’, these missions called for both the highest order of technical skill and the steeliest of nerves. Aldrin’s pulse-rate at blast-off was only 110 and, within minutes of landing on the Moon, Armstrong’s was down to 90.
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v27/n17/steven-shapin/what-did-you-expect http://www.lrb.co.uk/v27/n17/steven-shapin/what-did-you-expe...
Man, I sometimes have a hard time walking around my office when it's pitch dark and no one else is around.
- Zimahl 14y agoI can't find it again, but I read somewhere yesterday that Armstrong was up to 150 bpm during the landing. Even the steeliest of missle-men feel stress, it's how they react to it that gives them the edge.
- bootload 14y ago"... Aldrin’s pulse-rate at blast-off was only 110 ..." Excellent read. John Young had pulse-rate measurement of 70 (probably 16 as told by Al Bean) which meant everything was going OK during launch. cf "In the Shadow of the Moon" ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Moon#Apollo_16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Moon#Apol...
- bootload 14y agoas told by Charlie Duke ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c77ED7ZsMc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c77ED7ZsMc