A lot of work is going into the subject contingency – with respect to:…
Category: Cislunar abort
C’ Contingency Review
We went through the draft of the C’ Contingency Mission Techniques document on October 22, and I must say I was impressed with its quality. It seemed to me the Flight Analysis Branch, the Apollo Abort Working Group, and TRW had done a good job of putting this together. The final version will be distributed…
Is display of max g in P-61 any good?
During our lunar landing GSOP review someone commented that the display of max g in P-61 is of no use at all. It was said to be grossly in error for earth orbit reentry and of no value in determining appropriate action during entry from lunar return or following an abort when it is more…
Happiness is having plenty of hydrogen
As I understand it, there has been a desire or requirement to have the capability of surviving a cryo-tank failure at any time in the lunar mission. After C’, it was decided to keep the IMU powered up throughout all lunar missions even though it might be at the cost of having the backup cryos….
C’ Earth Orbit and TLI Mission Techniques Open Items
It appears we have the Earth Orbit and TLI Mission Techniques for the C’ pretty well under control. The only two significant open items that I know of deal with the optics check and the crew procedures for protecting against an SIVB engine cutoff failure during TLI….