S-IVB (and known ascent stage) impact locations:http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_impact.htmlSimon
What would be interesting is to know in what condition the Apollo 10 lander is, according to Wikipedia it's in heliocentric orbit and acsent and descent stages are still connected.
Quote from: Spacenick on 04/14/2009 09:57 amWhat would be interesting is to know in what condition the Apollo 10 lander is, according to Wikipedia it's in heliocentric orbit and acsent and descent stages are still connected.They got at least one part wrong: the descent stage was jettisoned prior to the simulated ascent orbit insertion maneuver, and remained in low lunar orbit until it decayed and crashed. (Once staging occurred, there was no way to command the descent stage.)
They got at least one part wrong:
Quote from: Jorge on 04/14/2009 02:23 pmQuote from: Spacenick on 04/14/2009 09:57 amWhat would be interesting is to know in what condition the Apollo 10 lander is, according to Wikipedia it's in heliocentric orbit and acsent and descent stages are still connected.They got at least one part wrong: the descent stage was jettisoned prior to the simulated ascent orbit insertion maneuver, and remained in low lunar orbit until it decayed and crashed. (Once staging occurred, there was no way to command the descent stage.)As I recall, that was an "interesting" staging event ...
Are you sure about that, Jorge? The transcript has Cernan repeating the phrase "Let's make this burn on the AGS, babe" a couple of times after Stafford got Snoopy under control. It sure sounds like Cernan is recommending that they *change* the plan and burn on the AGS.I know the reason for the spin was an AGS switch setting, though... perhaps the staging was to occur under the AGS and the burn under PNGCS?