There are a couple of new developments you should know about the Apollo 12 descent….
Month: November 1969
LM high-bit rate telemetry data is not mandatory
A somewhat controversial mission rule is on the books for the Apollo 12 flight dealing with LM high-bit rate data. Specifically, it indicates that it is all right to proceed with the mission (e.g., undocking, DOI, PDI, etc.) in the absence of LM high-bit rate data with an implied provision that some sort of procedures…
Apollo 13 Odds and Ends Meeting
This memo is to notify you of an Odds and Ends Mission Techniques meeting for Apollo 13 on December 5, 1969, starting at 9 a.m., Room 378 of Building 4. Very likely it will be the last big get together we will have for that mission. Generally, subjects to be discussed result from the effect…
Rover Navigation
I poked my nose into the Rover Navigation System and so Dave Pendley invited me to a meeting at MSFC on November 21, 1969. The purpose of the meeting was to try and firm up the basic design of the Rover Navigation System with the Boeing people who are responsible for building it. It was…