Google Answering: Radiation, Collins’ Space Suit and More

A lot of people find this blog by typing questions and requesting information from Google and other search engines. Here’s a rundown, the first of a weekly series, through some of the more recent searches used to find this blog. These include details on Michael Collins’ space suit, a question about astronauts’ dying from radiation and photographs of Apollo 1’s memorial plaque(s) and of the crew praying.

Trivia: Fun With Call Signs

TRIVIA >> The astronauts and NASA were involved in a igood-natured battle over acceptable call signs for their craft. After allowing Apollo 10 to fly with craft named Charlie Brown and Snoopy, NASA clearly felt that Haystack and Snowcone were a step too far on Apollo 11. Thus we were spared “The Snowcone  has landed!”.

Apollo Quotes: Bill Anders

“We came all this way to explore the moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the earth.” – Bill Anders, Apollo 8.

Apollo Quotes: David Scott

>> “Man must explore… and this is exploration at its greatest.” – Apollo 15 Commander, David Scott, following his first footsteps on the moon.

Apollo Quote of the Day: Neil Armstrong

Commander of Apollo 11 gives his thoughts on the legacy of the Apollo Missions and what they mean to the world:

The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited.