Did Neil Armstrong land really hard on the moon in 1969?

Not you too, Dave. Please tell me this isn’t another moon landing hoax post.

No. He did need to wrest control from the autopilot to dodge a number of boulders and craters and in this maneuvering he used up quite a bit of the propellant allotted to descent and landing. His compatriot Buzz Aldrin was getting worried.

And asteroids. Boom bip boom bip boom bip

Yes

I wish I could link to the whole episode but lets just say that anything people have come up with as reasons, were debunked. If you have netflix they have Mythbusters on instant view there.

Also, don’t ask stupid questions. Sorry to be harsh, but come on.

Could it have something to do with the moon having less gravity? I assume the dust would go higher and hang longer. Making it look worse than it was.

Also, factor in the weight of the suit, alone being 180 pounds (30 pounds on the moon), as well as his own body weight, as well as the impact on the surface.

no.
he was pulled down softly to the surface by the tractor beam the local aliens projected at him.

Really people. Its people like you that give Americans a bad name.

Sorry if that was harsh. Just watch the Mythbusters episode about the moon landing. That should give you enough proof to see that you’re wrong.

I’m not seeing Dave questioning if the landing on the moon happened. Read the entire question.

land really hard is a lot different from really land.

related (kinda) to jp’s answer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo6aHSY8hU

@InspecterJones It’s not a silly Q , he is asking land hard as opposed to softly land .
The nearly crashed due t the landing site being wrong or tooo bumpy , land hard i can’t answer Niel or Buzz can answer that tho and am sure they would gladly answer it .

@johnpowell- Read the topics part.

The ladder Armstrong climbed down stopped about 2½ feet from the surface, so he had a bit of a jump there.
That was one of the most remarkable things I ever saw. It still makes me proud.

@filmfann They had to jump down 2½ feet because they landed so softly that the shockabsorbers did not compress. In other words the landing went much softer/smoother/gentler than expected.

@johnpowell @AstroChuck someone gets it! :)

I was just being stupid, I’m surprised this didn’t get modded like my other Q.

@AstroChuck :: I did. I assumed it was a response to conspiracy theories. And not one.

@sandystrachan Hah!! I’m totally sorry, I was reading it on my blackberry and thought he asked:

Did Neil Armstrong really land on the moon in 1969?

Sorry, I’m a dumbass.

Yea, so it’s cause of the lack of gravity, the force put down by the lander was able to push the particles much easier and therefore it seemed like a big boom.

Yeah sorry about that. Im using a netbook. Yes he did land really hard on the moon. Something about lack of fuel or something.