There were all kinds of compromises and trade-offs involved in the LEM design (like any large engineering project). And a minor change in a...
The exhaust blast from the ascent engine firing into the enclosed space of the descent stage, coupled with the firing of the explosive bolts which...
Just to make clear for others, they could have used that option (which was called a "Fire in the Hole" abort) if descent stage fuel ran out, but...
Consumer electronics manufacturing in the US was essentially gone well before Clinton came in. The process really accelerated under Reagan, when...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4172504.stm
Yep, about 20 seconds remaining, IIRC. Armstrong found a lot of obstacles at his intended landing site, and burned a LOT of fuel trying to dodge...
The unofficial motto of the Apollo program was "Waste Anything but Time". The goal was to land men on the Moon by the end of the decade, and price...
As they gained experience with lunar landings, less descent fuel was carried on later missions, allowing more room for science equipment and the...
See previous answer re: comparative resolution of color vs. B/W film. Even today, the most exacting photographic applications use B/W film....
From: http://www.lunaranomalies.com/fake-moon.htm
What? There are plenty of pictures of the various spacecraft around, as even a casual Google search would show. Yes, many of them ARE in B/W,...
Hence the "absence of other mechanical problems" i mentioned. If a spacecraft was similarly prevented from returning to earth, the astronauts...
Works for me.....
What exactly do you want to see pictures of? Many of the photos from the Apollo program are included in the Lunar Surface Journals, such as these...
If a sub loses it's crew due to lack of oxygen in the absence of other mechanical failures, then somebody made a STUPID decision not to blow the...
ROFLMAO! For those who didn't "get it", the site is a satire on: http://www.realdoll.com These folks make rubber "love dolls", some of which...
Why? Most of the "heavy lifting" for navigation and such was done on the ground with rooms full of mainframes, not by the tiny onboard computer....
Right ON, MM! It was the same story with Challenger, where engineers practically BEGGED the NASA brass not to launch in such cold temperatures,...
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/outlook/3295555
Unless you want to go back to a pre-industrial age,there are some applications where plastics simply CANNOT be replaced with metals or wood. Think...
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