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• 6 WSMR Launches – Launch Escape System – All Abort Modes – 5 B/P, 1 CM, all Block 1 • 4 KSC Block 1 CM Launches – Aero – Heatshield – RCS – G & N • 1 st Manned, Block 2 – System Verification • 2 nd Manned – Circumlunar • 5 th Manned – Lunar Landing • 15 Total Manned Flights <strong>Apollo</strong> ELS Progression to Manned Flight 44
• Chutes are different Chutes Are Harder • Chutes operate to a narrow set of precise rules – Except when they don’t • It’s mostly about deployment • Complex systems require Hi fidelity mock-up • Flight test lots and at higher levels of assembly • Program management doesn’t know or believe all this
Page 1: Apollo-The Last Few Miles Home Char
Page 4 and 5: Manned Spaceflight Timeline • 186
Page 6 and 7: Space Race Progression • 57-58 In
Page 8 and 9: Apollo VAB-Launch Complex 8
Page 10 and 11: Apollo Stack 10
Page 12 and 13: CM/Boilerplate Dimensions 12
Page 14 and 15: Early Apollo ELS Architecture 14
Page 16 and 17: Normal Landing Sequence 16
Page 18 and 19: ELS Installation 18
Page 20 and 21: +Z Bay 20
Page 22 and 23: +Y Bay 22
Page 24 and 25: Steel Cable Risers 24
Page 27 and 28: ELS Schematic 27
Page 29 and 30: Mode Percent Failed Electrical Mech
Page 31 and 32: Apollo Docking System 31
Page 33 and 34: Apollo Soyuz Test Project 33
Page 35: Apollo CM Uprighting System 35
Page 39 and 40: Instrumented Bomb Test Vehicle 39
Page 41 and 42: Boilerplate rigged for drop. Note e
Page 43: Boilerplate Drop Test 43
Page 47 and 48: • Cluster Non-Uniformity - 3 Main
Page 49 and 50: • Apollo 15 Big Problems Within E
Page 51 and 52: What Makes Programs Successful? •
Page 53 and 54: Looking Back On Apollo • National

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