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From: pierce@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Apollo 11 program alarms
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Date: 20 Jul 89 21:26:00 GMT
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Nf-From: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!pierce    Jul 20 16:26:00 1989


> 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.

Among recently published books, both Aldrin's MEN FROM EARTH and
Harry Hurt III's FOR ALL MANKIND describe the events surrounding
the 1202 and 1201 alarms.  Both books claim that Bales, as GUIDO,
made the decision to ignore the alarms.  (I don't believe that
Collins deals with this topic in either of his books, but I could
be wrong about that.)
-- 
Charlie Richter   MCC   Austin, Texas
  uucp: richter@milano.uucp     arpa: richter@mcc.com

I just read Mike Collin's first book (newly reprinted), and he mentions
this event in passing while he was monitoring the landing.

He was just going for the manuals to see what a 1202 alarm was when
somebody from Houston gave a GO to land. He thought that it was
good work on their part.

Tedd Pierce
Aero/Astro Eng. UIUC
pierce@uicfda.aae.uiuc.edu