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From: symon@lhotse.cs.unc.edu (James Symon)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Apollo 11 program alarms
Keywords: trivia
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Date: 19 Jul 89 11:55:28 GMT
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In article <2643@kepler.sw.mcc.com>, richter@kepler.sw.mcc.com (Charlie Richter) writes:
> 
> And the answer is ... Steve Bales.  Bales was the
> guidance officer for Apollo 11.  As such, he was the
> person who gave Eagle the GO to land despite the 1202
> and 1201 program alarms.
> -- 

In that CBS special it appeared that Armstrong made that decision. He
said something to the effect, "Hang tight, we're going" and just kep
going when the program alarm came up.

jim
symon@cs.unc.edu
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