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The simulations will a_ternately be the Apollo Command Module and
Lunar Module during some mission phase, with a computer program furnishing
the spacecraft telemetry readouts for the flight controller consoles.
The first of these simulations was conducted late last month for
the Apollo 14 flight controllers.
This proficiency simulation program is now planned as a part of
the flight controller training for all subsequent Apollo missions.
In addition to these simulations_ flight controllers have other
tools available to them_ notably the Command and Lunar Module cockpit
fsmiliarization units maintained and operated by the Crew Station Trainer
Systems Group. These units are available for flight controller scheduling
on a daily basis and have been very valuable in familiarizing the flight
controllers with the inner _orkings of the spacecraft cockpit on previous
missions.
Classroom sessions and smaller group meetings are also utilized
by the Flight Control Division to help the flight controllers maintain a
level of knowledge and proficiency necessary to the performance of their
'ob.
When vhe world next hears the call "Apollo 14 this is Houston"
the trained and proficient team of controllers behind the scene will
not have materialized by chanced but by design.
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