According to the notes I made during the 278 GSOP review at MIT last August, there was apparently still some question as to whether an automatic radar search mode was needed. Sears also questioned whether an automatic sextant search mode was needed on the command module….
Category: Cancelled missions
Program interlocks – fairwell
Ever since I’ve been involved with these spacecraft computer programs there has been an awful lot of flak regarding the program interlocks. Specifically, in the AS-204 program, there is a “Verb 37 Table” which prohibits the astronaut from calling up certain programs out of sequence. Constraints of this nature have been labeled intolerable, not only…
First “E” Mission Rendezvous Mission Techniques meeting – March 4
On March 4 we had the first “E” Mission Rendezvous Mission Techniques meeting. It was devoted almost exclusively to understanding what the mission requirements and mission plans are for this phase of the flight. The discussion raised a few questions and some action items were assigned to get them answered….
Spacecraft computer program requirements for AS-207/208, AS-503, and AS-504
On May 13 and 14, 1966, a flock of MSC people met with MIT people in Boston to discuss the spacecraft computer program requirements for missions AS-207/208, AS-503, and AS-504. This memorandum is probably one of several on the subject you will be getting in the near future. My main purpose is to describe the…