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This is from a reddit ama where the OP has worked through Apollo 1-14. He claims it was Neil in the photo - http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/xove1/iama_97_

by nrbafna 14y ago

This is from a reddit ama where the OP has worked through Apollo 1-14. He claims it was Neil in the photo - http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/xove1/iama_97_year_old_that_worked_apollo_missions_1/c5o9ph6 http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/xove1/iama_97_year_old...

ralfd 14y ago
This is actually rather important. But I guess there is a high chance he misremembered? Hm. When they sent out a correction this should be able to track down?
- nrbafna 14y ago
  Well. What he says about including stripes in the astronaut suits for future missions checks out - http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-CDRStripes.html http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-CDRStripes.html
dustincoates 14y ago
There were a ton of huge inaccuracies in that AMA. Here's a few things that were pointed out to be wrong: http://es.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/xp6il/methusela1915_is_a_97_year_old_who_worked_apollo/ http://es.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/xp6il/methusela1915_i... I wouldn't rely on that for any real information. EDIT: Not to mention the fact that the suit says "E Aldrin" on it. I have a hard time believing they swapped suits, too.
- jeroen 14y ago
  High-res NASA version of the picture where the name on the suit is visible: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5903HR.jpg http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5903HR.jpg
- defen 14y ago
  Not vouching one way or the other for the AMA, but he claims that Armstrong is in the "astronaut saluting the flag" picture (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Buzz_salutes_the_U.S._Flag.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Buzz_salu...), not the one where you can see the "E Aldrin" name tag.
  - dustincoates 14y ago
    Yeah, that's a good point, but he also says this: "So that's who I said it was. When Aldrin came back, he told me no, first thing Armstrong did was pass the camera back to me." It's still hard for me to believe they were passing the camera back and forth. That, with all the other inaccuracies, lead me to believe it's fake. Why someone would purposefully fake that I don't know...
kinofcain 14y ago
Kottke uploaded the CBS news coverage of the landing to youtube. The photo is taken after the flag was raised, about seven minutes into this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwZPLfFcYoA&feature http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwZPLfFcYoA&feature Due to a glitch in the video it's not clear which astronaut is which leading up to the photograph, but if you watch them afterward when they talk through what they're doing, it's clear that Aldrin was the one posing next to the flag.

by nrbafna 14y ago

ralfd 14y ago

This is actually rather important. But I guess there is a high chance he misremembered? Hm. When they sent out a correction this should be able to track down?

nrbafna 14y ago
Well. What he says about including stripes in the astronaut suits for future missions checks out - http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-CDRStripes.html http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/alsj-CDRStripes.html

dustincoates 14y ago

There were a ton of huge inaccuracies in that AMA. Here's a few things that were pointed out to be wrong: http://es.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/xp6il/methusela1915_is_a_97_year_old_who_worked_apollo/ http://es.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/xp6il/methusela1915_i... I wouldn't rely on that for any real information. EDIT: Not to mention the fact that the suit says "E Aldrin" on it. I have a hard time believing they swapped suits, too.

jeroen 14y ago
High-res NASA version of the picture where the name on the suit is visible: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5903HR.jpg http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5903HR.jpg
defen 14y ago
Not vouching one way or the other for the AMA, but he claims that Armstrong is in the "astronaut saluting the flag" picture (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Buzz_salutes_the_U.S._Flag.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Buzz_salu...), not the one where you can see the "E Aldrin" name tag.
- dustincoates 14y ago
  Yeah, that's a good point, but he also says this: "So that's who I said it was. When Aldrin came back, he told me no, first thing Armstrong did was pass the camera back to me." It's still hard for me to believe they were passing the camera back and forth. That, with all the other inaccuracies, lead me to believe it's fake. Why someone would purposefully fake that I don't know...

kinofcain 14y ago

Kottke uploaded the CBS news coverage of the landing to youtube. The photo is taken after the flag was raised, about seven minutes into this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwZPLfFcYoA&feature http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwZPLfFcYoA&feature Due to a glitch in the video it's not clear which astronaut is which leading up to the photograph, but if you watch them afterward when they talk through what they're doing, it's clear that Aldrin was the one posing next to the flag.