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[i]The [descent] engine remains on until an engine-off discrete is initiated by the astronauts with either of two engine stop pushbuttons or by the computer. When the LM reaches the hover point where the lunar contact probes touch the lunar surface, a blue lunar contact light is illuminated. This indicates to the astronauts that the engine should be shut down.[/i]
[i]I heard Buzz say something about contact, and I was spring-loaded to the stop engine position, but I really don't know... whether the engine-off signal was before (footpad) contact. In any event, the engine shutdown was not very high above the surface. We actually had the engine running until touchdown. Not that that was intended, necessarily.[/i]
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