Talk:Tranquility Base
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[edit] The reason for the page move
The official International Astronomical Union Latin name is "Statio Tranquillitatis" which may be the best name for this article.
The NASA website uses Tranquility Base 148 times ([1]) to only 6 for Tranquillity Base ([2]). Tranquility Base is the more popular Google search result. The Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/) gives the translation as "Sea of Tranquility" (they uses the IAU's Working-Group for Planetary System Nomenclature database). From the same website, the official IAU name for "Tranquility Base" is "Statio Tranquillitatis" ([3]). Here is the NASA audio and transcript from Apollo 11: [4]. NASA uses the following address: US Space & Rocket Center, One Tranquility Base, Huntsville, Ala. BlankVerse 07:16, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Coordinates
I guess it doesn't make too much sense to link the coordinates to the GeoHack tool as long as there is only mapping of the Earth (readers are directed to a point somewhere in the Atlantic), therefore I have delinked the coordinates. Should there be one day a tool that has maps of the moon to be directed to, that would be a fine service, of course. --Proofreader 12:42, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Background
Quote: You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. EndQuote
Do you know WHY they [NASA controllers] were about to turn blue? I understand the LEM computers had overloaded multiple times during the landing procedure; they were way off course and not where they were supposed to be. The LEM was hovering and maneuvering above large boulders while the pilot was trying to find a place to land, and were just seconds from running out of fuel. If you listen to the tape, you can Aldrin talking and mission control just counting down numbers, that is the number of seconds of fuel they were supposed to have left. They landed with (not sure) something like less than 10 seconds of fuel -- THAT's why they were holding their breath and turning blue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.125.64.66 (talk) 03:23, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Original Name?
Any idea what the original name for the landing site was before Armstong coined "Tranquility Base" on the spot?
The capcom says "Roger, Twan... " in his reply to Armstrong. Any idea what he was going to say before he corrected himself. 70.88.213.74 (talk) 19:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
