Objectives: a) Describe the Service Module Electrical Power System hardware; b) Describe the circumstances which led to the Apollo 13 accident c) Summarize the Mission Control and crew reaction.[Anybody know what this is talking about?] Meeting Information: Apollo 13 Blu Ray DVD to be available January 2009http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20080042304_2008041118.pdf
There is some possibility they will be released on DVD, but I didn't think that included Blu-Ray nor did I think a date had been set.
So JSC is providing powerpoints for the Blu Ray version of the "regular" Apollo 13 movie?
I hadn't heard this before:- Crew was lucky this sensor failed when it did:- Had the tanks continued on the normal cycle of every 24 hrs, the stir that caused the explosion would likely have occurred while the LM was on the lunar surface and the CSM was orbiting the MoonSimon
Funny how things go full circle. One of the sources for research documents is Ron Burkey's virtual AGC site. Amusing that a site dedicated to restoring the past can somehow contribute to a lessons to a new/future program.
Quote from: simonbp on 11/06/2008 10:40 pmI hadn't heard this before:- Crew was lucky this sensor failed when it did:- Had the tanks continued on the normal cycle of every 24 hrs, the stir that caused the explosion would likely have occurred while the LM was on the lunar surface and the CSM was orbiting the MoonSimon That's exactly right. The thought is really chilling if you think about it.
Quote from: dwmzmm on 11/06/2008 11:13 pmQuote from: simonbp on 11/06/2008 10:40 pmI hadn't heard this before:- Crew was lucky this sensor failed when it did:- Had the tanks continued on the normal cycle of every 24 hrs, the stir that caused the explosion would likely have occurred while the LM was on the lunar surface and the CSM was orbiting the MoonSimon That's exactly right. The thought is really chilling if you think about it.Also, had the same failure occurred on Apollo 8, the crew would have been doomed no matter when it occurred during the flight.I can guarantee you Jim Lovell has pondered that thought at least once.
So has Eugene Cernan; that oxygen tank almost ended up on the Apollo -10 SM as well.....
- Crew was lucky this sensor failed when it did:- Had the tanks continued on the normal cycle of every 24 hrs, the stir that caused the explosion would likely have occurred while the LM was on the lunar surface and the CSM was orbiting the Moon
How did this sensor work, anyway? How do you measure the quantity of O2 in weightlessness?