Map of Moon Exploration: How Far Did Armstrong and Aldrin Roam?

1. NyaR
   August 27th, 2008 at 3:16 am

   Photoshop

2. ChrisW
   August 27th, 2008 at 6:43 am

   Why are the soccer and baseball maps different?

3. mkultra
   August 27th, 2008 at 8:53 am

   The landing area was very carefully selected in advance, perhaps due to its proximity to the landmarks most of interest to NASA? There are suggestions that the real purpose of the voyage was to confirm and investigate the existence of artificial structures present on the moon. See “Dark Mission” by Richard C. Hoagland and Mike Barra for an intriguing look at the less publicized nature of space exploration. Fascinating stuff.

4. Ed Hands
   August 27th, 2008 at 9:52 am

   Ha-ha….

   Landed on the moon….that’s funny….

   (stirring the conspiracy pot…)

5. matt
   August 27th, 2008 at 10:12 am

   i want to say “are you kidding us? Hoagland is a nut.” but i’ll simply provide a counterpoint to the reading suggestion:

   http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/hoagland/index.html

6. Scotty A
   August 27th, 2008 at 12:31 pm

   Why did they need a moon vehicle?

7. Orjan Morjan
   August 27th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

   Exactly, was this WITH the moon car?

8. alguien
   August 27th, 2008 at 12:42 pm

   I feel very sorry for those who do not have confidence in the inteligence of readers and use those sports field comparisons.

9. Solo66
   August 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pm

   The soundstage wasn’t that big, so they couldn’t travel all that far.

10. JET
    August 27th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    Calling Hoagland a nut is being entirely too charitable.

11. matt
    August 27th, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    if i recall correctly, the lunar rovers were simply to save time - to get around to various interesting geological sites more quickly. more ‘bang for the buck’ when it came to precious time. i think they were only on apollos 15, 16, and 17. my mind has withered since when i used to know all that info.

12. Blacknimbus
    August 27th, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    The map refers to how far they walked during the Apollo 11 landing. There wasn’t a rover on the Moon until Apollo 15.

13. DOJ
    August 27th, 2008 at 5:04 pm

    @ChrisW - first thing i noticed too

14. ted
    August 27th, 2008 at 6:08 pm

    This is not an insult to people’s intelligence. It puts things in perspective, relating the sizes to something most people would be familiar with.

    They really didn’t go that far, did they?

15. alguien
    August 28th, 2008 at 9:25 am

    Most people don’t go to stadiums to see sports. But most people have a good grasp of what a meter or a foot is.

16. InfoMofo
    August 28th, 2008 at 9:45 am

    I heard that they traveled roughly the distance from Studio 1A to Soundstage B.

17. ted
    August 28th, 2008 at 7:52 pm

    I love the Studio 1A comment.

    alguien - I completely disagree. Most people do not have a better grasp of distances in metres or feet than they would picturing this in relation to a familiar object.

    That’s why when you go to that really big bridge in Virginia (or West Virginia or somewhere around there), they show you how many Empire State buildings high it is.

    I don’t know the exact measurements of a baseball stadium, but I sure know the approximate size of one.

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