This is just to make sure you all get the word in case it influences your work in some way. As I understand it, Mr. Low has directed that LM-2 be configured for unmanned flight only. It has been established that the first manned LM will be the LM-3 spacecraft. If it’s found unnecessary to…
Month: September 1967
How do we get and use LM rendezvous radar observations?
There is a lot of concern at the present time regarding the manner in which the LM rendezvous radar data is to be processed onboard the spacecraft. I feel that you should devote as much attention to this as you possibly can since it influences both the formulation of the spacecraft computer program and, to…
Another meeting about trajectory control on the first manned Apollo mission (S/C 101)
As you may have heard, we had the first of the Trajectory Control Data Priority Panel meetings last Thursday, August 31. My original intent was to go through the four major exercises on the Spacecraft 101 mission involving the Guidance & Propulsion Systems at that meetint but time did not permit discussion of more than…
Data Priority Coordination – a plea for help
Over the past year considerable thought has been given to how to coordinate mission planning and procedures development involving use of the various guidance and control systems for the lunar landing mission. Initially, a four man panel (Cohen, Jenkins, Smith and Kramer) worked for a month or so and assembled a pretty good preliminary set…
Mission rule for TPI – ground or onboard
This is just a reminder of an action item you picked up at our August 31 panel meeting. As you recall, it is necessary that we establish the magnitude of the difference between the ground computer and onboard computer TPI maneuver which is used by the crew to decide which solution should be used. I…