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-1 Post author: kilobug 25 August 2012 07:49PM

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Comment author: evand 26 August 2012 04:34:56PM 0 points [-]

Both were instrumental to a successful landing. Aldrin was busy dealing with things like cockpit alarms and repeated reboots of the main navigation and control computer. (Said computer was busy doing things like keeping the LM upright and not spinning.) The landing would not have been successful without last minute decision making by both crew members.