One of only four moonwalkers alive today, we spoke about his memories of the mission, using some of the lunar surface artifacts that I have purchased from him as prompts.
Here is the full video, with some timestamps:
2:35 Various uses of the lunar scoop
9:23 The difficulty gathering of the largest moon rock of the Apollo program.
12:51 The rock manifest tally: “We’re not throwing any of these rocks back!”
18:19 Landing on the moon: “We missed a disaster by 6 ft.”
21:48 Apollo 11: “I had more tension in Apollo 11 as CAPCOM than I did landing on the moon on Apollo 16.”
28:37 Lunar Rover rides: “It bounced. And it fishtailed a lot, like it was on ice, I think, because the steering was so sensitive. The moon undulates, and with the light gravity, the car only weighed 80 lbs on the moon. The suspension system was real springy, and you bounced a lot. Without seat belts, you would have been thrown out a couple times.”
35:21 Moon dust problems back in the Lunar Module.
39:53 What Lunar Module mementos to bring back to Earth, and save from destruction?
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