[Boatanchors] space-age boatanchor

[Mark Richards]

Brian A Clarke wrote:
> What is really amazing about this item is that it is largely untrue.
> I say, Space-age BS!
> 
> Most of the communications with the first moon landing was done 
> from the CSIRO radio telescope in Parkes, NSW, Australia. The 
> signals from Goldstone [USA] disappeared into the ground on the 
> day of the moonwalk. 

Most of the communications with Apollo 11 could not have been handled by 
a single site.  The earth rotates.

What item is largely untrue?  Jamesburg fed to domestic geostationary 
satellites at the time.

Perhaps Goldstone was out of range during the landing?


/m