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Always felt sorry for the guys who stayed in lunar orbit.
shareAlways felt sorry for the guys who stayed in lunar orbit.Why? Orbiting the moon was probably very bit as awe-inspiring as walking on it's surface. Especially flying over the backside. All alone in the command module gazing at the stars from that vantage point. The nearest two human beings to you are your two crewmates down on the surface thousands of miles away, the rest of humanity a quarter million miles further than that.
It must have been a very powerful and wondrous experience.
And Collins sure seemed like a great guy. RIP share
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Yes, it would have been a great experience but probably not the first choice for any of the astronauts. I'd want to get to the surface, see what I could see and wander round with a geology hammer. I always thought it was a pity they only sent one geologist.
shareI always thought it was a pity they only sent one geologist.They may have sent more had the last three missions not been cut. 18, 19, and 20.
And it would have been fabulous had one of those landed on the far side, which Harrison Schmitt, the geologist crew member of 17, pushed for. share