Apollo 12 Moon Landing Simulated By Supercomputer To Study Rocket Plume Effects
A supercomputer simulation of the Apollo 12 landing on the moon was created to "improve its understanding of plume-surface interactions," according to NASA.
Credit: Patrick Moran, NASA Ames Research Center/Andrew Weaver, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
Music: Trembling Anticipation by Dream Cave / courtesy of Epidemic Sound
Credit: Patrick Moran, NASA Ames Research Center/Andrew Weaver, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
Music: Trembling Anticipation by Dream Cave / courtesy of Epidemic Sound
Transcript
00:30Come on.
00:319060, coming to high speed.
00:32We're going out to the checkpoint.
00:349060, coming to high speed.
00:36Looking good.
00:379060, coming down.
00:39Watch for the bus.
00:409060.
00:42Looking good.
00:43Watch for the bus.
00:44Coming down to 2-speed.
00:45You've got plenty of gas.
00:46Plenty of gas.
00:47Stay in there.
00:489060, coming down to 2.
00:50He's going straight.
00:51He's going in there.
00:5324-6.
00:54Contact.
00:55Roger.
00:56Copy contact.
00:57Hello?
00:58Yes, go ahead.
00:59Okay.
01:00Thank you very much.
01:01Okay.