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Traverse Maps of Apollo 11
When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, it was a significant landmark in the history of humanity. But what did all that walking around on the Moon look like in terms of ground covered? How much did the move around? How far from the lander did they go? To find out the answers, a number of traverse maps have been developed by NASA to demonstrate the area covered by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
As you can see from the thumbnails here, there is a traverse map of both a soccer pitch and a baseball diamond as well as one for the Moon.
And of course, for the conspiracy theorists out there, there is a traverse map of Apollo 11 on the Universal sound stage.
For more on Apollo 11:
— Smithsonian’s Apollo 11 Program site
— NASA’s 30th Anniversary of Apollo 11 site
— NASA’s Apollo 11 Image Gallery
— Wikipedia’s Apollo 11 page
— michael | March 25, 2008 09:06 AM | Random bits
