AS POLITICIAN-turned-writer Andrew Tink viewed the opening scenes of the 2000 film The Dish, he thought "wrong person, wrong place" as he watched actor Sam Neill playing fictional character Cliff Buxton walk towards the Parkes radio telescope. The film portrays Australia's role in relaying live television footage of the first man on the Moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. But it omits the pivotal role of NASA's Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station, about 300km south of the Parkes Observatory, nearCanberra.
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机译：随着政治家转身的作者安德鲁叮叮当当地观看了2000电影的开放场景，他认为“错误的人，错误的地方”，因为他观看了演员Sam Neill演奏虚构的角色悬崖巴克斯顿走向帕克斯射频望远镜。 这部电影在1969年的阿波罗11任务期间描绘了澳大利亚在月球上第一个男人的现场电视镜头的角色。 但它省略了NASA Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station，约300公里的帕克斯观测所，附近的300公里的关键作用。
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