The landing at Tranquility Base was far from tranquil. NASA’s plan was to have large fuel safety margins and an abort plan available for any emergency. Yet the ‘Model A’ computer in the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) went into constant alarm mode which meant that Neil Armstrong had to manually fly the LEM over an unacceptable landing field and finally set down with 15 seconds of fuel remaining. Thus the Houston reply about “... a lot of guys turning blue...” to their Tranquility Base announcement.
R.I.P. Neil, fly with the eagles now!
PS: The first permanent base on the Moon should be named Armstrong-Kennedy but most probably will be some Chinese name instead!
For those that really followed NASA..What does this quote by Armstrong mean
“”There are great ideas undiscovered, breakthroughs available to those who can remove one of truth’s protective layers,” “