Unedited audio of Armstrong on the Moon (warning: Profanity)

My old colleagues at NASA have forwarded rare unedited audio from Neil Armstrong's famous "First Steps on the Moon" to me. I pass it on to my fellow DU'ers.

http://www.blogjam.com/neil_armstrong/

Please note that in his exuberance, astronaut Armstrong used some language that would make a sailor blush.

Enjoy.

That's what I would be saying! "HOLY F***ING SH*T!!! I AM ON THE F***ING MOON!!!!"

And not to mention fellow astronaut John Glenn, did Ohio and the democrats proud. A true American hero.

I'm certain I would've responded a lot more like that and not have offered up something as well-thought out as One small step....

I hope it is because the choirboy approach never worked for me.

I come from a long line of military pilots and to a man they found the public version a little hard to believe.

Noit's not real but it is real funny.

But in the 34 missions I worked at JSC, I never once heard an astronaut curse or swear on air-to-ground audio.

Never once.

And actually, Neil was a choirboy-type. He didn't fit in with the other astros 'cause he was so squeeky clean. But by being squeeky clean, he got the nod from the higher-ups to take the first step on the moon.

Now Buzz Aldrin.............that's a whole different story.

when he flew with him.

Yeager wasn't the choirboy type, either.

Capcom to astronaut (during broadcast): "Are you a turtle?"
Astronaut: "Your answer is on the other channel"

(For those who don't know: You must answer "You bet your ass I am" immediately upon hearing the question)

It's a floating bar on Clear Lake in Seabrook, about 2 or 3 miles east of JSC on NASA Rd. 1. We used to live about 4 blocks away.

And yes, if you're a member of the Turtle Club and are asked, "Are you a turtle?" You must answer, "You bet your ass I am."

But I've never heard the Turtle Club story. That doesn't mean it never happened. For an astro to say something like, "Your answer is on the other channel sounds typical for something they'd say if they really didn't want to answer.

At the splashdown of one of the last Apollo missions (14??) when the scuba divers got to the capsule and hooked up the audio, the astronauts sounded monumentally pissed and upset. The audio quickly had "technical trouble" and was cut.

What really happened?

But back in the Apollo days, the live feeds where much more "wild" than they are now. Everything is tightly controlled these days. Back then there was only one air-to-ground so whatever happened, happened.

Nowadays, you might hear the CAPCOM say something like, "We're working it, and we'll get back to you.", if they're having a disagreement or a problem. Sometimes code words are planned in advance, or an exchange like "See procedure 661.2". Procedure 661.2 might not mean anything other than, "I know it seems stupid, but try it anyway". Remember, the flight teams and flight crews for any particular mission have been working together for months before a mission ever launches. They all know each other pretty well by the time the mission ever begins.

It was badly garbled, sounded like some profanity, something along the lines of...

"What the took you so long, we're in here, get the hatch open, get the hatch open, we're..."

Granted this was a looong time ago, and I was in a noisy restaurant but something sure seemed out of whack.

Huh? How is it that the camera not only got to the f**king moon first but it had to 20 yards from the lunar f**king module. Holy Jesus H.Christ in a handbasket was that funny.

The camera that shot the images of Armstrong walking down the step was mounted on the outside of the LEM. The other one was set up by Neil and Buzz after they were fucking walking around the mother fucking moon.

thanks for the Friday afternoon laugh.

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Thanks XNASA


DDQM

"Neil Armstrong may be the first man to have set foot on the moon, but I am the first man to ever shit my pants on the moon."

(or something to that effect)

That's great, XNASA! Thanks!

Bwahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jesus H. Christ in a chicken basket???

he says it was a common saying for late 50's Naval Aviation, referring to what burnt pilots looked like in stokes stretchers. There were a lot of crashes while the Navy worked up to jets from props.