That time my grandad saved Neil Armstrong's life

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Cool, never heard about this before.
I noticed that a recent TV documentary failed to mention Armstrong's last split second decision to go past the original planned Lunar landing site which was littered with boulders. If he'd tried to set down there its unlikely they would have survived the landing or been able to lift off again if they had.
As it was they nearly ran out of fuel before reaching a clear area.
 
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The right man - the ONLY man - at the right place, at the right time. Great story!