13 Minutes to the Moon: 5. The fourth astronaut

13 Minutes to the Moon

BBC

Technology, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 9.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The computer that got us to the moon. The size of a briefcase, there had never been anything like it. Apollo 11 was “the first time software ran on the moon”. This is the story of the world’s first digital portable general purpose computer. The work of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, helped give rise to the digital age. With Kevin Fong. Starring: Ramon Alonso Elaine Denniston Charlie Duke Don Eyles Eldon Hall Margaret Hamilton Dan Lickly Theme music by Hans Zimmer for Bleeding Fingers Music #13MinutestotheMoon www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes

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0:00.0	Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.
0:05.1	My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.
0:08.7	It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs,
0:13.5	moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.
0:19.1	And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music,
0:21.8	means we can tell those stories like no one else.
0:24.5	We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative.
0:28.5	So whether you want an insightful take on music right now
0:31.3	or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music,
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0:41.8	Okay, everybody hang tight. Seven and a half minutes.
0:44.6	Flight guns, this landing radar is fixed. The velocity's beautiful. Roger.
0:47.8	You're about to hear a crucial moment in the 13 minutes before the landing of Apollo 11.
0:53.5	Right now, Eagle, carrying Armstrong and Aldrin,
0:56.4	is coming up on eight minutes into its powered descent,
0:59.8	taking them towards the surface of the moon.
1:05.4	At this point, Armstrong and Aldrin can't actually see the moon,
1:09.9	because the lunar module is flying sideways across the lunar surface.
1:13.6	And inside, the astronauts are lying on their backs, looking through a pair of small triangular windows at the star-filled skies above.
1:22.6	Right now, someone else, or rather something else, is in the driving seat.
1:29.3	30 seconds to P64.
1:30.3	Right, it's about 30 seconds.
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