Did you know Charlie Duke says, "Same type", not "Hang tight", in transmissions during 11's moon landing?

Question

Charlie was referring to the two alarms that sounded on Apollo 11.

In National Geographic magazine, and in many other publications, Apollo 11 capcom Charlie Duke is quoted as saying, "We're go! Hang tight! We're go!". I recently read a book from the library that explains Charlie's comments refering to the 1201 alarm Buzz Aldrin called, as the same kind of alarm (1202) that Neil Armstrong read seconds before. Charlie actually says, "We're go! Same type! We're go!". (For years, I thought Charlie had said, 'hang tight'). Interesting.

Answer 1

On a similar note, the famous line from Jim Lovell on Apollo 13 is in reality "Houston, we've had a problem," not "Houston we have a problem."

Since we're on about misquotes...

Answer 2

Yes. It was in reference to the 1201 alarm that occurred during the later part of the powered descent. Earlier in the descent a 1202 alarm had come up, which was a computer overload alarm. It meant that the computer could not do all the tasks it was instructed to do in the time allowed for each cycle. Since everything necessary for the descent was being done, the crew were 'go' to continue descent. When the 1201 alarm came up, the controllers told Duke it was the same type of alarm, so Duke radioed that info to the crew.

It turned out that the Eagle had its rendezvous radar on when it shouldn't have, and this was the task that was overloading the computer and not being performed. It wasn't needed for the descent, so the alarm was not a problem.

Answer 3

No I am not aware of this,, I watched apollo 11 too,

Answer 4

No, I didn't know that.