[AR] Re: body mass and size of Apollo astronauts
- From: Ian Garcia <ianmga@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 11:26:58 -0700
Worked surprisingly well? Where is this documented? I always
understood that it barely worked and often failed, but I admit I may
have understood it wrong.
ian
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Henry Spencer <henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Oct 2013, Ben Brockert wrote:
>> > Since the astronauts are the pilots of rockets...
>>
>> They sure liked to think so, but the rocket was the pilot of the
>> rocket. They were the pilot of the reentry and orbital maneuvering
>> stage, and often unnecessarily so.
>
> They
> tried it in simulation, discovered that it worked surprisingly well, and
> decided it was worth having.
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Ian M Garcia
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