During our C’ Data Select Mission Techniques meeting a question came up which must be understood and answered prior to the flight. It involves the requirement for being able to obtain MSFN range information during the cis-lunar phase of the mission. It has been said unofficially that ranging is essential to do a decent job…
Month: November 1968
C’ entry initialization with no communication
Bob Weber, Jon Harpold, and some of their friends got together to work out the procedure for the crew to determine the landing point for targeting the GNCS entry program (P61) in the event of a no communication/return to earth. The procedure is essentially as we laid it out during one of our big meetings…
Descent Aborts – Part III
We have had a couple more Descent Aborts Mission Techniques meetings resulting in substantial progress which I would like to tell you about in this memo, if you haven’t already heard….
LM DPS low level light fixing
I think this will amuse you. It’s something that came up the other day during a Descent Abort Mission Techniques meeting….
D Rendezvous Mission Techniques
This memo is to tell you about the results of the November 25 D Rendezvous Mission Techniques meeting. Except for a number of small clean up items, we spent most of our time talking about how to handle slippage of TPI time and incomplete Insertion and Phasing maneuvers. After an exhausting discussion, I think we…