Yes. Bear in mind Armstrong fluffed his lines because he missed out the 'a'.
Wasn't it a problem with the transmission? I remember reading that it was distorted by static or something.
Yes. Bear in mind Armstrong fluffed his lines because he missed out the 'a'.
Would Western telescopes be powerful enough to see individual cosmonauts on the surface of the moon?
No. No earthbound telescope has the resolution to discern objects as small as a lunar lander. Not until the LRO began sending back photos this year did we see any pictures of the Apollo landing sites since the astronauts left.
Would Western telescopes be powerful enough to see individual cosmonauts on the surface of the moon? If not, the Soviets could have just sent up an unmanned craft and faked the moonwalking somewhere on Earth.
But yes, the fraud would quickly be discovered, and the USSR would be humiliated. The American space program would be emboldened by the Soviet failure, with more ambitious moon projects being planned to rub the Russians' noses in their failure.
The only way the Soviets could escape the ridicule would be to actually launch a real manned moon mission.
So the effects would ultimately be a continued space race. And unlike OTL, where the finish line of the race was a manned moon landing, the finish line of TTL's race would be the establishment of a permanent moon base.
Would Western telescopes be powerful enough to see individual cosmonauts on the surface of the moon? If not, the Soviets could have just sent up an unmanned craft and faked the moonwalking somewhere on Earth.