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To: Campion

Nope, there would have been a time-delay from earth, even if you could electronically transmit to the camera for the “tilt up” and “zoom out” shots of the Lunar Module.

The camera would not have followed the lift off in real time, it would have been delayed.

In other words, a time delay would prevent the camera from tilting and zooming with the lift-off in real time, as the film reveals.

Were those firecrackers underneath? Where was the engine plume?

Comedy gold. (Or is it Americans’ Gold?)


55 posted on 12/10/2018 8:28:36 PM PST by Sontagged ("The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork.")
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To: Sontagged
Video cameras were mounted on the lunar rovers on the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 missions.

For the lift off, the camera was remotely controlled from Mission Control by a guy called Ed Fendell. On the Apollo 15 mission, the remote control failed to work. On the Apollo 16 mission, he got the timing wrong. He nailed it for Apollo 17.

89 posted on 12/11/2018 1:55:20 AM PST by Da_Shrimp (Dum vivimus, vivamus!)
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