One Small Controversy About Neil Armstrong’s Giant Leap

One Small Controversy About Neil Armstrong’s Giant Leap

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series reflecting on the Apollo 11 mission, 50 years later. The Apollo 11 mission was, in most respects, a feat of extraordinary precision.Traveling at a maximum velocity of about seven miles a second, the Saturn V rocket would have launched the crew far off course in the event of even a slight navigational error.