The second of the subject meeting was held on January 17. Some odds and ends were resolved, and one other significant operational procedure was proposed dealing with CSM operations during CSM active rendezvous….
Lunar Rendezvous Abort Mission Techniques meeting
As you know, a great deal of work had been done on lunar abort rendezvous throughout the Center. This note is to inform you of a Data Priority Coordination meeting on this subject on March 28, 1968, in Building 3, Room 966. I expect it will take most of the day….
More about computer self check
If they ever have a contest to select the piece of Apollo with the funniest history, I would like to enter “computer self check”. It came up again at the MIT review on January 12 as a possible candidate for deletion. One of the MIT guys gave a long, convincing argument in its defense, and…
TLI platform alignment
Something came out of Ron Berry’s Midcourse Mission Techniques meeting of February 7 that I think should be advertised widely. Apparently, we now have agreement among all parties, including FCOD and FOD, that the proper platform orientation for the TLI maneuver on a lunar mission is the one established prelaunch on the pad for use…
MCC-H Ascent Monitoring
This is a note primarily to myself to remind me of impressions obtained during the MCC-H Ascent Monitoring meeting of January 24, 1969. Although it appeared that the prime program for processing MSFN data was to be the “Lear,” I feel quite strongly that the old, direct doppler-measurement technique should be retained for in-place monitoring….
Latest on TLI
It looks like all we need now is Headquarter’s concurrence to eliminate command module steering of the S-IVB during the TLI maneuver. Unbeknownst to me, MIT was directed to stop work on this program (P-15) shortly before Christmas. They estimated that P-15 would become pacing if they did not start working again by January 15…
Can we plan nominally to burn the APS to fuel depletion?
During our Ascent Mission Techniques meeting on January 31, something rather important came up. It was thought by several of the people there that it is now considered acceptable to burn the APS engine to fuel depletion. If this is the case, I am sure we would change the way we intend to perform the…
Seventh “C” Mission Rendezvous Mission Techniques meeting
Except for the first item listed below, the entire “C” Mission Rendezvous Mission Techniques meeting of March 8 was devoted to the terminal phase. Based on the very great importance FCOD is putting on proper lighting during the braking phase, a proposal is being considered for including another little tune up maneuver between NSR and…
Lunar Orbit Navigation and Targeting Mission Techniques meeting
A Mission Techniques Data Priority meeting is scheduled on March 14, 1968, at 9:00 a.m. in Building 30, Room 3044, to discuss lunar orbit navigation and ascent and descent targeting. As you are no doubt aware, there are many unresolved problems associated with these operations on the lunar landing mission involving the lunar orbit timeline,…
Mission “E” Rendezvous Data Priority meetings
This memorandum is to report the meager accomplishments of the Second and Third “E” Rendezvous Mission Techniques meetings of March 18 and April 1, 1968….