Putting on the Dish Page #4

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6, 5, 4, 3....

2, 1, 0.

All engines running.

Liftoff! We have a liftoff.

32 minutes past the hour.

Liftoff on Apollo 11.

Tower cleared.

Neil Armstrong reportng.

Apollo 11's on proper heading.

Roll is complete and

pitch is programmed.

Plus 30 seconds.

Downrange one mile,

altitude 3, 4 miles an hour.

Godspeed.

Velocity 2,195 feet per second.

Apollo 11 is now over

the Indian Ocean...

approaching the western

shore of Australia.

As you perhaps know....

the crew will make one and

1/2 revolutions of the Earth.

The Apollo 11 has had a perfect

launch on itsjourney.

The Saturn rocket rose on a

pillar of flame from Cape Kennedy

at 11:
32 at night,

eastern Australian time.

The spaceship and rocket are

now orbiting the Earth...

Morning, Marie.

Visitor entering compound.

Awaiting identification.

You're being stupid, Rudi.

- Visitor offering resistance.

- You've got a gun.

Official NASA requirement.

Armed security.

Does Mum know?

No, and don't tell her.

She'll come and take it.

- This is getting cold.

- I've got to sign you in.

Entry authorized.

- And a bikkie too.

- Hello, everyone.

Morning, Mr. Buxton.

If it isn't the most

beautiful girl in Parkes!

- Morning, Mr. Burnett.

- Thank you, Janine.

Morning, Mitch.

- Hello, Glenn.

- Hi, Janine.

I put extra cheese in yours.

- Thanks, Janine.

- You tiger.

- How's Mum?

- Getting ready for the ball.

The whole town's over the moon.

It's so exciting.

The ambassador arrives tomorrow.

Over the moon.

The prime minister on Monday.

On the news they showed Parkes.

- They saw the Dish?

- Everyone's proud.

PKS, Houston Flight Control.

GNC awaiting downlink.

PKS. Roger, Houston.

Was that Armstrong?

No, we're not on-line now.

Sorry?

There's two tracking stations,

us and Goldstone.

- Goldstone?

- California.

If the moon's on our side of

the world, Parkes is on-line.

If it's on the other,

it's Goldstone.

Right, but...

Explain it, Glenn.

Imagine the Earth

is a basketball.

- This'll be good.

- And on top is a...

What do you put the pump into?

- The hole.

- But it's got a name.

The valve.

Say the valve's Goldstone.

- On the other side, another valve.

- Only have one.

What has two valves?

- Tuba?

- It must be round.

- Tambourine.

- That has no valves.

Coconut.

Let's just say the

basketball's got two valves.

When the Goldstone can't see

Apollo 11, Parkes can.

- That's it.

- Good work, Glenn.

How do you know where

Apollo 11 is?

Computer.

In seconds, it does what used to

tame me hours with a slide rule.

And a basketball.

Does the computer move the Dish?

- Mitch does that...

- We have to get back to work.

Thanks for the refreshments.

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