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I'd like to add a couple of sentences regarding the landing location. Prior to commencing the lunar ascent phase, HD Reed (Green Team FIDO) had to determine exactly where Eagle had landed so that he could compute the optimum launch time. He discovered that there were several different potential sites, eg. from the LM computer, the backup guidance system, and ground tracking. Therefore he had to ask Aldrin to do a rendezvous radar check, and by knowing exactly where the CSM was he could pinpoint the correct site. It turned out to be at least 5 miles from any of the alternatives. I only just learned about this event after reading a recent article in Popular Mechanics. Any comments? [[User:Logicman1966|Logicman1966]] ([[User talk:Logicman1966|talk]]) 22:01, 13 January 2010 (UTC)