Rene-NASA-Mooned-America
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Every Shot — A Hole In One / Chap. 8 p. 73<br />
1. p. 65, CARRYING THE FIRE, "Collins", 1974, Ballentine Books<br />
2. p. 103, Ibid.<br />
3. p. 179,HEROES IN SPACE, "Bond", 1987, Basil Blackwell Inc.<br />
4. p. 69, THE VOYAGES OF APOLLO, "Lewis", 1974, Quadrangle<br />
5. Tan Angle = 1 mile / 239,000 mile Angle = .000239731 degrees<br />
6. p. 944, AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR, 1977, "Bowditch"<br />
7. Half width = (tan .65/2) * 239,000 = 1355 miles Diameter = 2711 miles<br />
8. p. 98, THE VOYAGES OF APOLLO, "Lewis", 1974, Quadrangle<br />
9. p. 961, AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR, 1977, "Bowditch"<br />
10. 12 in /240,000 mi : x in / 60 miles = 720 / 240,000 = .003 in<br />
11. p. 184, ASTRONAUTICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE, 1963,<br />
"Stuhlinger , Ordway, McCall & Bucher", McGraw-Hill<br />
12. p. 456, MANNED SPACE FLIGHT, "Baker", 1981, Crown<br />
13. Semi Diameter = Tan (2 degrees) * 239,000 = 8346 miles<br />
Circle of uncertainty = 2 * 8,346 Dia = 16,692 miles<br />
14. Circle of uncertainty) = Pi * 8346 * 8346 = 218,829,885 square miles<br />
15. Area of Moon = Pi * 1080 * 1080 = 3,664,353 square miles<br />
16. Area Moon plus entry ring = Pi * 1280 * 1280) = 5,147,185 square miles<br />
17. Area of target ring = 5,147,185 - 3,664,353 = 1,482,832 square miles<br />
18. Probability = 1,482,185 / 218,829,885 = .0067 or .67 %<br />
19. Odds 218,829,885 / 1, 482,185 = 147 to 1 against<br />
20. p. 162, FOR ALL MANKIND, "Hurt", 1988, Atlantic Monthly Press<br />
21. p. 407, CARRYING THE FIRE, "Collins", 1974, Ballentine Books<br />
22. p. 432, Ibid.<br />
23. p. 383, APOLLO The Race to the Moon, "Murray & Cox", 1989, Simon & Schuster<br />
24. p. 182, ASTRONAUTICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE, 1963,<br />
"Stuhlinger , Ordway, McCall & Bucher", McGraw-Hill<br />
25. p. 1029, AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR, 1977, "Bowditch"<br />
26. p. 106, THE VOYAGES OF APOLLO, "Lewis", 1974, Quadrangle<br />
27. p. 385, APOLLO The Race to the Moon, "Murray & Cox", 1989, Simon & Schuster<br />
28. p. 193, FOR ALL MANKIND, "Hurt", 1988, Atlantic Monthly Press<br />
29. p. 386, APOLLO The Race to the Moon, "Murray & Cox", 1989, Simon & Schuster<br />
<strong>NASA</strong> MOONED AMERICA! / <strong>Rene</strong>