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Neil Armstrong:
Well, it's about how you Rendevous with the Agena. If you thrust it actually slows you down because it puts you into a higher orbit, so you have to reduce thrust and drop into a lower orbit in order to catch up. It's backwards from what they teach you as a pilot, but if you work the math, it follows
Well, it's about how you Rendevous with the Agena. If you thrust it actually slows you down because it puts you into a higher orbit, so you have to reduce thrust and drop into a lower orbit in order to catch up. It's backwards from what they teach you as a pilot, but if you work the math, it follows
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it was about how to rendezvous with the Agena
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If you thrust it actually slows you down
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because it puts you into a higher orbit
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so you have to reduce thrust and drop into a lower orbit
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in order to catch up
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It's backwards from what they teach you as a pilot
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But if you work the math it It follows
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Movie Summary
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
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Neil Armstrong
