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What was the colour of the shoes used by the Apollo astronauts in moon landing?

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up vote 5 down vote favorite The pictures from Apollo landing despite being in high resolution, does not reveal the right colour of the shoes used by the astronauts during the EVA on the moon. An example - Buzz Aldrin picture from Apollo 11 But a shot from the movie First Man shows in clear detail the colour of the shoes being greenish-bluish. So, it makes one curious to know whether the depiction of the astronaut's shoes was accurate in the movie. If true, then what is the material that gives this colour? nasa apollo-program astronauts apollo-11 moonwalking share | improve this question asked 9 hours ago karthikeyan ...

Why is Carlsen being praised for his tie-break play, when Caruana made several game-losing moves?

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up vote 16 down vote favorite 3 I followed the three games live on chess24.es (for live commentary from GMs) and chess.com (for actual real time computer analysis). As per my understanding: Game 13 was mostly balanced until 19... Nb5? (GMs were expecting Nb7 if anything), and then after 34... Rc3? it was definitely over. Game 14, Caruana was in a better position until 21. c5? which brought it back to balance, followed "shortly" after by 26. c7? which was definitely a losing move (live commentators went nuts here). Game 15, there were no "obvious" errors (not that the GMs noticed on-air, at least), Caruana was even leading, but in the last half of the game the computer was marking several of Caruana's moves in red. As far as I can tell, Carlsen didn't make any winning !! or distinctly good m...