For All Mankind - Canted Lunar Ascent (Apollo 11 Lunar Liftoff)

Eagle lifts off from the moon after having failed to land in an upright position, to then meet with Columbia in lunar orbit.

[_d_ghosh_]

Oh this is definitely the Kerbal way of lifting off from the moon

[mckrunchytoast]

I know this just a show but, after reading countless manuals and pouring over the actual Apollo contingency plans. They did very good like, it's unreal.

[StevenEveral]

I love how even in the alternate universe of this show Neil Armstrong is still a badass.

[starshipsn-]

For those who don't know, this is from an alternate history show where Apollo 11 crash landed on the moon and the USSR beat the US to the moon, making the space race continue for far longer.
[Edit: some of my info was inaccurate]

[Ryukachoo]

A fantastic series trapped behind yet another streaming service which has nothing else of value on it.
Cool

[_reverse-psycho_]

Neil at the hearing: i thought i was playing ksp

[tsr]

No matter what ifs I think we would agree that Grumman's Lunar Module is a wonderful machine -never let anyone down - did their job and carried the humans safely to and from the Lunar surface.

[CharlieCookeActor]

I loved that the Eagle has wings line, a perfect reference to Neil's words when they first touched down.

[breadguyhd]

Even in another universe Neil Armstrong is still a legend

[michaelrichardson]

This is where the series really grabbed me. Street fighting man was the perfect song.

[ByWire-ykeh]

Forget about gimbal lock. The Apollo lunar module used a strapdown system in its backup Abort Guidance System (AGS). That system had a strapdown IMU, and these IMU's don't have gimbals. The AGS was good enough to get Apollo 13 back home.

[evan]

“We’re definitely picking up a little shimmy.”
Oh really?

[cunt_WAVnstein]

The LM would have taken off pretty routinely from that angle, but if it had at any point turned upside down a few feet from the lunar surface, they'd have been done for. The LM computer was programmed to zero the pitch, roll and yaw angles on take off to prepare for a forward pitchover to pick up forward speed for orbital velocity. Also, the take off was initiated by the computer from a countdown which the pilot would confirm in the final five seconds with the PRO button on the DSKY, unless they'd used the abort switch, which was a push-button. They would certainly not have been pushing levers.

[eastbend]

Wow, just love this. Audio on this vid is not great, but the use of the Stones "Street Fightin' Man" perfectly captures the time (1969), and somehow embodies the enormous American national pride that existed then during the space program. Seems we've since lost that. Hopefully we can regain it again...

[jabberwocky]

Would have been a real 'interesting' time if that happened in reality.
- Give it time, I saw the actual first steps on the Moon 🌒, live, in black & white.
+ I may live to see something like this happen, possibly in 3D colour & surround sound.

[KaleiBizness]

1:07, fits the name. (the Eagle has wings)

[jimtrela]

The actual Apollo 15 was chanted at a higher than usual angle, but it was still within limits.

[sillyone]

If Neil Armstrong had made a lousy landing like that, he'd have been the man to take off from that angle.

[SJ-xguf]

This had me on the edge of my seat when I first saw it. I was like "Damn! How in the hell did they pull that off?!"

[knytrydr]

I haven't seen the whole season yet, but from what I have seen, I kinda wish this is how history had played out.