"The First Man on the Moon: Why Neil Armstrong?” Dr. James Hansen

[@craigwall9536]

Why? Because Neil never got rattled. Witnessd his handling of the lunar landing simulator; the stuck thruster in the Gemini capsule; the X-15 overshoot; and finally the way he handler the 1201 alarms. No one else was that predicably, appropriately calm when it counted.

[@larsjordan13]

Neil was probably one of the best, but likely any of the Commanders could have landed Apollo 11 - they were all outstanding, unflappable, calm and capable. That is why they were Commandersof these missions.

[@hermeticxhaote4723]

Yup. I aspire to have 1% of Armstrong's temerity, resolve and guts. Neil Armstrong was the best of us, balls of steel and icewater in his veins paired with humility and intelligence.

[@SassePhoto]

Excellent educational presentation! We need more of this, thank you so much!

[@aljohnson5601]

Wow! This was fascinating. As someone who knows a lot about early space history, there were things I learned in this presentation I didn’t know. Very well done!

[@crmay72]

Agreed! I really enjoyed this as well!

[@brucevilla]

Thanks for Uploading.

[@jostillman6796]

Excellent presentation. Informative and insightful, even for a non technical and scientific mind.

[@kdlofty]

Because he had no ego, was an introvert, was very cool under extreme pressure and was probably the best pilot. The fact that he was the first civilian astronaut and NASA was a civilian agency might have had something to do with it.

[@xyz.ijk.]

Nope, nothing.

[@MikeSuley]

Excellent presentation.

[@elijahoyetunde5867]

Wonderful!

[@martinap1961]

Thank you….very nice insight on “The Man” !

[@ronaldgarrison8478]

This is my second post on this in a video comment section. Maybe someone has a real answer. We know that the LM was essential for the Apollo 13 crew to get back alive. We also know that this potential importance was on the minds of those planning Apollo 8, so going without it was a known risk. Here's what I don't understand: The LM was not ready for its intended mission. But couldn't it be made ready, in time for Apollo 8, to serve as an emergency vehicle? It could have been along, unfueled, but with electrical power, some consumables, and so forth? Also, some things could have been learned from having it along, even in that limited role. So why not?

[@valinormons]

Maybe because they weren't supposed to go to the Moon with Apollo 8. But then as events played out, they went. And they went with what they had ready to go. There wasn't a lot of time to waste waiting around. It was a very daring mission that caught a lot of people off guard.

[@thomasafb]

he is right about the accent....there are times in his presentation when you close your eyes it's almost like you hear Neil speaking

[@rinsedpie]

I love everything about Neil Armstrong; this is my childhood icon and still is now

[@jamiegodman715]

Very interesting

[@valinormons]

That's right. Armstrong was first because they wanted him to be first. At least he didn't have any trepidations about having Buzz along for the ride. But I think Buzz is a lot more interesting than Armstrong. Much more colorful. And now he's the last of the 3. I hope he's around for another few years.

[@zdelacruz6296]

it's a great film.

[@ronaldgarrison8478]

~49:00 It seems notable that the four Artemis 2 crew members are in their mid-forties, so significantly older than the Mercury/Gemini/Apollo guys.

[@narajuna]

Yes and I have seen laments on Apollo crew ages, and women are more sensitive to Radiations? Seems are Karmin Line is more dangerous than deep space.

[@ronaldgarrison8478]

@@narajuna I don't understand. Can you expand this a little more?

[@narajuna]

@@ronaldgarrison8478 ....? Rather simple this one, Some say they were getting old to do it: late 30s to 40s. No one died in deep space, Shuttle was a killer. Four of them are alive as of January 2024 with an average age of 90 years. Most astronauts at ... See more

[@UAL320]

Collins has discussed “1930” many times as being absolutely pivotal.

[@tomb1198]

My father ( navy test pilot ) shared an office with Neil Armstrong back in the early 60's and told Neil that he would be the first man on the moon. When Neil asked why, my father told him because he had the All American Name. Might have also had something to do with it.

[@David-bg3ct]

Who was your father?

[@tomb1198]

@@David-bg3ct William Brook,jr

[@byronbuck1762]

What astronaut in those days didn’t have an all-American name? There were all white male prodestants

[@craigwall9536]

@@byronbuck1762 ...and they could spell...

[@JamesOberg]

Also, his name spelled backwards included the sequence "Mr. Alien".

[@hermanheine3291]

Very nice presentation Dr. Hansen

[@xyz.ijk.]

Frank Borman received a telegram which read, "You saved 1968." That's according to Frank Borman. Deke Slayton was famous for saying, "Any man, any mission." He wanted one of the Mercury astronauts to be the first on the moon. And it would have been in the same rotational order, meaning (in order) Shepard, Grissom, and then Schirra with the others already being out of the rotation.

[@airplanes42]

Deke was biased and wrong. Schirra says in his book that there was a lot of talk that the Mercury Astronauts were not selected for moon missions. Indeed, the moon program had not yet been announced when the Original 7 were selected. The Next 9 were really the class of the space program IMHO. Certain men were clearly picked for certain roles. Deke was not going to select just any of the astronauts to be a mission commander, or even a CMP for that matter.

[@stephenkehl7158]

@@airplanes42 Schirra had already decided to leave NASA prior to the Apollo 7 flight, and even if he hadn’t, his rebellious attitude during that flight would’ve grounded him. Grissom certainly would have commanded a lunar landing, and Shepard did land on Apollo 14, so I don’t see where it can be said that the Mercury astronauts were not being selected for lunar missions. Edit for clarity

[@jimlakey8366]

Deke spearheaded the next nine selections and did the hiring of them and all subsequent astronauts until the early 70’s. He chose all Gemini and Apollo crews, subject to upper management approval. Change my mind.@@airplanes42

[@rothbj1]

I wonder if any of the other 11 Moonwalkers would, in hindsight, traded places with him, and have to carry the burden of being first.

[@SamIIs]

32:59

[@ABitOfTheUniverse]

Hello San Mcnellis, let's chat here.

[@SamIIs]

1:14:30

[@SamIIs]

1:11:49

[@mikem5043]

Neil was the perfect selection

[@sergei6572]

I completely agree with you. One can even say more, he was the best representative of the planet Earth. In the Soviet Union, as now in Russia, Cosmonautics Day is celebrated every year on April 12, in honor of the first human flight into space. I believe that the day of man's first moon walk should also be celebrated by the whole world. This is also an epoch-making event in the history of mankind.

[@nickyl9040]

Neil Armstrong was chosen bc his logbook showed that he had more hours being the PIC of rocket powered aircraft than any other astronaut

[@SamIIs]

40:14

[@SamIIs]

12:10

[@Rajibuzzaman_STEM_Rajibuzzaman]

COSMIC PORTAL AND ETM

[@xyz.ijk.]

For historian and biographer, it's frightening the number of absolute verifiable facts that he gets wrong. I don't understand this at all.

[@airplanes42]

Can you please cite a few?

[@narajuna]

Many of these Docs do, this one is good, with some "thinking", and Zealots bash Unbelievers for small mistakes. People dont really remember #8 nor #10, many dont know 9 travels. 19:20👍 for Science Worshippers :)

[@luckyirvin]

bein damn hard to kill is helpful too!

[@ronaldowalkerez-sg2yq]

I can think of one, #2, yes 2 would be #1, bully his way to it, if allowed., with some due respect,to #2.

[@JTrailman]

Well sir you were wrong gus would have been the first man on the moon

[@ianmasters4225]

Mike Collins was the real hero

[@phillipwilliams3544]

The first man on the moon was not an American it was an Englishman with his dog i saw it on TV . Wallace and grommet

[@antr7493]

who the hell down votes this? The Soviet Union?

[@dicksatan6444]

Most likely the same people who have left the poorly spelled, conspiratorial comments here.

[@Rajibuzzaman_STEM_Rajibuzzaman]

EARTH AND PLANETARY ORIENTATION AND OR NOT PROPER ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS

[@davidharrington50]

He believed in God and strongly, I do myself. If someone asks me to put my hand on the Bible and say I went to the moon, I would say give me the Bible because I know what I have done in my life but he would not ever do it. Then u have the 3 that burn up and they were supposed to go first but one talked about it and said it's noway this is going to happen but I believe he was going or not going and it wasn't going to be no fake job. U have to have people to agree and I believe they tell you it's for ur country it happens and he did it for that reason and if ur sworn to never say nothing u can't. But we lost the technology to go back they say. Nasa looses everything when u say prove it but nobody can prove or diss prove it. The only way u can, do it again and shoe us because u never will settle it until you go now. U can't say u lost the technology, tell me how u loose it. U only get better at technology and it never will stop until someone goes back and I don't think they can but it's just my opinion

[@krugerfuchs]

Borman resigned because his wife was an alcoholic

[@larsjordan13]

Sorry to be a naysayer, but "First Man" was one of the worst movies I have ever seen: it portrayed Neil as a depressed angry man obsessed with his daughters death, and this was the tone of the whole movie. Ask anyone who worked with him, and they'll tell you he was a cheerful (albeit a quiet) man, who always asked about fellow workers children and families. Hansen himself misqouted John Young in his treatment of the Apollo 16 astronaut in a matter of geology in "Always Young," but "First Man" was pretty accurate.

[@TomasKuciauskas]

Nobody was on the moon

[@hermeticxhaote4723]

Your mom was.

[@wimkuijpers1342]

Really?

[@TomasKuciauskas]

@@wimkuijpers1342 Yes

[@wimkuijpers1342]

@@TomasKuciauskas What was I watching on TV in 1969, 1971 and 1972? And all the thousands of photos in newspapers and magazines? Not to mention the thousands of hours of 16mm films that are now available on the internet.

[@TomasKuciauskas]

@@wimkuijpers1342 Trust me.Its all just fake news and big Cold War competition.Open your eyes and Mind read more info about who brings the Moon to orbit and why he is not turning around 😇😇😇

[@robertfoertsch]

Evolution, The Moon Landing , And The Globe Are Science Fiction

[@nightstrider391]

Because he was easy to manipulate, He responded to nlp and hypnosis easier than most, He was the ideal puppet. No one has been into space, No one.

[@apolloskyfacer5842]

If you say so Mr Willful Ignorance.

[@pedrodiaz5540]

Jajaja pathetic

[@wipemysmile]

Because they had to Kill Gus Grissom because he wouldn't go along with this Disney garbage.

[@luckyirvin]

not to mention lettin Livia loose in rome

[@cceaser7]

where can i find this innfo

[@mike.j3913]

And Thomas Baron people that admire lying Neil Armstrong has brain damage