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godfreja
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Did Apollo use a skip reentry?
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Hello.
I've read in various places that a "skip" reentry was an option for Apollo, but wasn't used. But last night when I was watching Discovery's "When we left earth" one of the Astronauts (I forgot who) described a skipping reentry.
Now I'm confused. Was a skipping reentry used for Apollo?
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- Jason
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Re: Did Apollo use a skip reentry?
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No, but it was studied.
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The description wasn't so much of a skip reentry as much as it was about how the profile used the command module's lift to control heat rate. The skip reentry profile is a much more brutal affair, and was used on Zond to allow a landing at the higher latitudes required to land in the Soviet Union.
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Quote from: godfreja on 06/16/2008 03:19 pm
one of the Astronauts (I forgot who) described a skipping reentry.
It was Borman.
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