I always start out these MIT newsletters with the hope they will be short enough that you’ll be willing to read ’em. A couple of things came up at our Program Development Plan review on November 16 there that I thought I would pass on….
Category: AS-207/208
Notes regarding the AS-207/208 Guidance Systems Operation Plan (GSOP) meeting with MIT
During the week of August 15, we held a review of the AS-207/208 Guidance Systems Operation Plan (GSOP) at MIT. Some things interested me which I will pass on to you here. I will also include some of the more significant decisions–that is, direction to MIT–that were made at that time….
Alternative rendezvous technique – mission planning status
Since our meeting in your office on the stable orbit rendezvous, Ed Lineberry and I have met on a number of occasions with other interested people in an attempt to lay out a schedule of work needed to arrive at the decision as to how to go on 278 and subsequent missions. This note is…
Apollo spacecraft guidance navigation modes currently planned for AS-503 and AS-504
I am afraid there is a bit of confusion as to what navigation modes are being provided in the AS-503 and AS-504 Apollo spacecraft computer programs. I am sure I have contributed to this confusion myself, and the purpose of this memorandum is to try and clear it all up….
AS-504 spacecraft computer program and storage status. Also a dash of AS-258.
On January 12 a great herd of us went to MIT to review the AS-504 spacecraft computer program requirements, or at least the questionable items, to make sure we would not overflow the computer storage capability. The consensus of those present was that MIT had put together an excellent presentation defining, with considerable precision, the…
Spacecraft computer program status report
Tom Gibson and I went to MIT on May 25 and 26 with one of our primary objectives to determine exactly what the program schedule situation was for the AS-504 (AS-207/208) spacecraft computer programs. Although we had a number of very fruitful discussions with MIT people, such as Ed Copps, Dick Battin, John Dahlen, and…
No extra memory for the Apollo Spacecraft Computer
One of the most significant decisions coming out of the AS-278 computer program review with the Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager on September 15 and 16, was his absolute assurance that the spacecraft computer memory would not be augmented for the AS-503 or AS-504 flights. Accordingly, all program development should proceed on that basis for those…
In which is described the Apollo spacecraft computer programs currently being developed
It is possible to take advantage of the stretchout of the Apollo flight schedule in the manner in which we develop the spacecraft computer programs at MIT. Although the flight schedules have not been fixed, it is evident that certain things can be done which will not only improve the quality and capability of the…
Ground rules for MIT man loading for AGC programming
This is really for my own records, but in case you are interested, we presented the following ground rules to MIT with Bill Kelly’s (ASPO’s MIT Contractual Officer) concurrence. These ground rules were to cover the work they are doing in revising their man loading estimates for contract negotiations which are coming um in the…
Apollo Spacecraft Computer Program Schedule
Since last week I promised to start quoting some delivery dates, here goes. We are currently planning release of the flight programs for rope manufacture as follows:…