Comments by "" (@charlesvan13) on "What if Apollo had crashed on the Moon ?" video.

  1. @jimmyfly Frank Borman (Commander of Apollo 8) "I would rather die than make a false abort." I'm sure that attitude is common among astronauts making a first attempt at a Moon shot, and knowing there are serious risks.
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  2. @jimmyfly They would rather die rather than making a false abort. And it's not always clear when they're out of options.
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  3. The LM would actually have to crash, to be a complete disaster. If they ran out of fuel, they would immediately fire the ascent stage and doc with the command module.
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  4. If they ran out of fuel before landing, they would just fire the ascent engine and return home. There was no doubt a good chance that they would crash rather than abort being so close to their goal.
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  5. @jimmyfly If they didn't abort during a failure at launch they would also die. They were obviously willing to take risks, or they wouldn't have been selected.
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  6. Who's going to be the first one to die on the Moon? Their corpse would be mummified. What would be left in a million years?
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