Joe is Vanguard's global chief economist and head of Vanguard Investment Strategy Group. He's also a member of the senior portfolio management team in Vanguard Fixed Income Group.
Apollo missions took about three days to reach the moon. But the quickest trip to the moon was the New Horizons probe, which zipped past the moon in just 8 hours 35 minutes on its way to Pluto. However, the spacecraft didn't even slow down or approach lunar orbit. Tidal forces.
How much time did it take for Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to travel to the moon? If it took more than 24 hours, how did they catch up on sleep? Also, how many days was the round trip? Since, they were only two, how did they manage sleep during their time on the moon?