TJL - 25/2/2007 8:25 AMI've read in many reports that Apollo 10 set the record for the fastest manned vehicle.Did this flight have a slightly different trajectory than the 8 other lunar missions?Was the differnce only "a few" mph?Apollo 13 added a 5 minute burn after looping around the Moon. I don't believe any other Apollo lunar mission fired their engines that period of time, either going to or from the Earth. Even with that burn, their velocity was less than Apollo 10.Can someone explain?Thank you.
Space Lizard - 25/2/2007 8:45 AMThat's 11,094 m/s, or 39,938 km/h.The 40,000 km/h mark has not been crossed yet!