Brett Reilly’s Blog

Well I have been working really hard on 7meditations.com this month and not really doing much else really other than going for  a walk and work, and generally looking after myself in the little spare time I have had.

Still have not got my car fixed but that $900 we are all getting will get that done, should have some kids could have got it now.

Just upgraded my hosting account to VPS or virtual private server, feel confindant I can handle that now.

Had influenza for a few days that was not fun.

Have learnt a lot about spamming this week and how sneaky and lazy they are, because of the laziness its all about getting in early and destroying there soul, not that I want to but what a pointless exercise really.

Something a bit funny but I was worried a bit at the time, I was making a coffee and had just boiled the kettle, one of my cats was sitting on the window sill and she has a habit of jumping into the floating glass cabinet, the glass door was closed and she was just landed on the kettle, which had just boiled, grabbed her just before the kettle fell scalding her and I have scratches on my right side of my body, the claws went deep.

I think thats it for this month if I find something interesting I will see you soon otherwise I will be back next month.

One small step for man, is this fake too?

Who knows but this is quite interesting.

Description from BadPsychicsTV on youtube.

This comes from the 16 mm Data Acquisition Camera mounted in the lunar module. The camera had multiple settings; it was set to normal speed for this occasion, and was later set to one frame per second to save film for later footage, including Buzz and Neil setting up the American flag.

I was surprised to see this as I didnt even know it existed. It gives a different perspective on some of the most famous footage in history! You can see Buzz reflected in the lander window, and even hear Houston telling him how to set camera.

The sequence of events shown is fascinating. You can hear Neil say he is opening the MESA, the Modular Equipment Storage Assembly. The movie camera that took the footage of his actual first step on the Moon was in there (some Moon Hoax twinkies love to ask who took the movie of Neils step, never bothering to, yknow, look it up. I guess typing stuff into Google is too hard for them). It was aimed at the bottom of the ladder, so Neil would be in its field of view when he walked off the footpad.

Next, he takes a hop from the lowest rung down to the footpad. He then hops back up to the last rung, to make sure he can get back off the pad. If he had trouble, he could talk to Houston and work out what to do.

He then observes the surface, noting the dust. He tested it a bit with the toe of his boot to get a better look at it.

Then, of course, he makes the most momentous step in history, separating us from a planet-bound species to one that strides across worlds.

The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal has a QuickTime clip that has both the MESA and DAC cameras with the footage synchronized, which is fascinating to watch. You can see when he deploys the MESA, which happens at around the same time he jumps down and back up from the footpad. After that, well, you know the rest.