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Re:The Apollo 11 Moon Landing: Spacecraft Design Then and Now by codewritinfool on Thursday July 18, 2019 @01:06PM (#20471820)
In 1962 when Grumman was awarded the contract for the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), Thomas Kelly was promoted to be the lead engineer. He was 32 or 33.

He was 40 when Apollo 11 landed on the moon.

There's an episode of "From the Earth to the Moon" called "Spider" that focuses on Thomas Kelly. Highly recommended.

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Re:The Apollo 11 Moon Landing: Spacecraft Design Then and Now by csbowe on Thursday July 18, 2019 @02:36PM (#20472730)
The "From the Earth to the Moon" series is by far my favorite series/movie/documentary about the moon missions.
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Re:The Apollo 11 Moon Landing: Spacecraft Design Then and Now by mikecarlton on Thursday July 18, 2019 @03:37PM (#20473211)
I can also recommend the BBC podcast “13 Minutes to the Moon”, great listening for the commute
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Re:The Apollo 11 Moon Landing: Spacecraft Design Then and Now by JKCalhoun on Thursday July 18, 2019 @03:11PM (#20473008)
"Spider" was one of my favorite episodes.

There is a scene depicting the Saturn launch but from inside the LM. Poetic.

Looks like it is about 39 minutes in: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x447gmx

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