[Rockhounds] NASA may not have televised the first moon landing if it weren't for a group of geologists

[Tim Fisher]

Typical bureaucracy. I bet the flag was #1 on the packing list. They should be doubly embarrassed now that Gene had a comet named after him and their only priority was to film it...

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Mission control might never have witnessed Neil Armstrong take his first steps on the moon if it weren't for the vision of men like Eugene Shoemaker. Geologists Ivo Luccitta and Jerry Schaber say Shoemaker, who was their boss and a top gun at the U.S. Geological Survey, made a lot of stuff happen on that historic mission.

Originally, NASA didn't want to televise the iconic moment, they said.

"We worked very hard here to use television in our field exercises and show them how valuable it was," Luccitta said.

As the story goes, Shoemaker had a *lot *of convincing to do when it came to NASA.

"They didn't want to take a rock hammer. They didn't want to take anything that … could hurt their suit and poke a hole in their suit. They didn't want us to even photograph the rocks," Schaber said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-almost-didnt-film-the-first-moon-landing/
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