I reira ko te whakapae e Armstrong i taea te whakaora i te misioni, ki te kua tahuri ia i runga i anake tetahi o nga mowhiti RCS e rua, te whakaora i te tahi atu mo ngā whāinga misioni. e kore e whai take enei whakahe; kahore i tuhituhia ngā tukanga kino, a ka taea ki te tahuri i runga i anake e rua mowhiti RCS, e kore tetahi ranei te tahi atu. tuhituhi Colonel Gene Kranz, "Kua urupare te kaimahi rite i whakangungu ratou, a ka urupare ratou he no te mea i whakangungu matou ratou he. " i rahua nga kaihoahoa misioni me kaiwhakahaere ki te ite e, no te rua waka ātea, me ratou kia whakaaro kotahi waka ātea. whakaaro Kranz tenei haapiiraa nui o te misioni. i pouri Armstrong i te misioni i tapahia poto, te whakakore i te nuinga o ngā whāinga, me te tahae i tona Scott Gemini E Flying. i whakawhiwhia ia e te NASA rite ki te $ 10.620 te utu utu, me te kore e rite ki te $ 167,600.
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