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bootload on Aug 29, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: A tale of the supreme competence of Neil Armstrong

"... Aldrin’s pulse-rate at blast-off was only 110 ..."

Excellent read. John Young had pulse-rate measurement of 70 (probably 16 as told by Al Bean) which meant everything was going OK during launch. cf "In the Shadow of the Moon" ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Moon#Apol...

bootload on Aug 29, 2012 [–]

as told by Charlie Duke ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c77ED7ZsMc

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