No fantasy, no imagination, just the facts Apollognomon, how would Neil Armstrong have responded to my NASA document supported query at the 08/12/1969 Apollo 11 Post Flight Simulation Press Conference?
How is it Neil that the CapCom, Bruce McCandless, was referring to the landing site coordinates as the "64 thousand dollar question" in that Apollo 11 day 6-7 simulated mission conversation with you? Remember Commander Armstrong when CapCom Bruce McCandless and you were both expressing uncertainty about the Eagle's landing site in that cislunar conversation that took place over a day after the simulated landing? Remember Neil at exactly six days, seven hours, thirty-six minutes and twenty-two seconds into the simulation when you said, and I quote Neil;
"We're hoping, Bruce, that our 16-mm film was working at that point in descent, and we'll be able to confirm our touchdown position. We thought that during ascent we might be able to pick up some recognizable objects close to the landing site, and we did see a number of small craters, and crater rows, and things like that, which we may be able to pick out AFTER THE FACT, but we haven't been able to yet."
How is it Neil that you say you didn't know 00 41 15 north and 23 26 00 east when the Lick Observatory guys already knew those numbers for more than a whole day prior? Indeed Neil, they were shining laser light on the LRRR right in the middle of that conversation you were having with CapCom McCandless. They were shining ruby red laser light right smack dab on the center of that LRRR even in that very moment you guys were saying you didn't know 00 41 15 north and 23 26 00 east. How come you were saying you were hoping to find out these numbers AFTER THE FACT NEIL when some guys knew them all along? How is that Neil?
No fantastic imagination Apollognomon, just reading and recording the facts as presented in NASA's own documents. And now if you please, how might our beloved commander have responded to such an appropriate inquiry?