Since I saw the video 'An Audience with Neil Armstrong (2011 interview)' (https://youtu.be/KJzOIh2eHqQ) where we can see an excerpt off a video produced by GoneToPlaid ('Neil Armstrong Narrating his Apollo 11 Moon Landing' /watch?v=Qqe7-rFRrkc), I knew it was possible to materialize the trajectory of Falcon, Apollo XV Lunar Module, and I wanted to plot it, nested in the splendid mountainous landscape of Hadley-Apennine. I will show this trajectory in an upcoming video ('Apollo 15 Landing site tour' /watch?v=1ybgd2di998).
Similarly as on the video showing Apollo 11 landing, the left part of the screen presents the DAC (Data Acquisition Camera) footage taken by Falcon's crew the 30th of July 1971. The right part shows a simulation made on Google Earth (Moon), beginning at the start of the movie, just after the Lunar Module pitch-over (P64).
According to the ALSJ (Apollo Lunar Surface Journal (/watch?v=AxqKlDsgMzc&feature=youtu.be&t=680)) we mainly hear the voices of James B. Irwin (Lunar Module Pilot) announcing altitudes, LPD marks and remaining fuel, David R. Scott (Mission Commander) and Edgar Dean Mitchell (LM Landing and Launch CapCom) in Houston.
The rectangular surface of the moon in Google Earth which appears darker, is a part of an LROC image referenced M175252641, overlayed on the Moon in Google Earth.
Why a new version ?
- A HD view of a larger area of the Moon.
- Detail of the damaged engine bell after touchdown.
- A more precise trajectory.
Previous versions :
https://youtu.be/Tmh7wktM7eU
https://youtu.be/3SIbRVgOp44
