The “D” Rendezvous Mission Techniques meeting of March 10 was probably one of the least productive so far, and I sincerely apologize for it. I must have been tired or something. Even so, with all that talent present, there must be something worthwhile reporting….
Month: March 1968
Lunar Reentry Mission Techniques meeting – March 7
On March 7 we had a Data Priority Mission Techniques meeting on lunar reentry. This was the first on this mission phase with contractor participation. Our objective was to understand the current status of the business and to begin pinning down the operational procedures to be used onboard the spacecraft and on the ground. We…
TRW performance evaluation for Task A-46
I don’t know if other people have the same problem as I do—maybe Task A-46 is unique—but so help me God, I cannot think of anything productive to write in those blank spaces on the performance evaluation form month after month. So, I am sending this form back with a blank overall numerical rating and…
Lunar rendezvous abort summary
A great deal of work has gone on over the years on the subject of lunar abort rendezvous, spearheaded by Morris Jenkins, Ed Lineberry, Buzz Aldrin and others. The results of some of this work have already been documented and more detailed reports are in the works. The primary reason I’m writing this note is…
Eighth and Ninth “C” Mission Rendezvous Mission Techniques meetings
Most of the March 15 and 22 “C” Mission rendezvous Mission Techniques meetings were devoted to discussion of onboard rendezvous navigation with the sextant. This was brought about by the rather bad experience suffered by the 101 flight crew and a number of the flight controllers on the Kennedy Space Center mission simulator earlier in…