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[i]The facts were that because of the Abort Light problem, we were in Manual Abort mode. It is true that abort rules required the landing radar to be operational before or by pitchover (high key). Without landing radar it was a mission rules abort. But in manual abort mode, each step in the procedure was executed manually, and the first step was to pitch forward into the approach and landing attitude. Had that happened, we would have observed the landing site and Cone Crater exactly where they supposed to be. We were exactly on track, and the landing radar, when it finally activated, did not change our state vector at all. There was no doubt, then or now, that we would have proceeded to land. It wasn't even discussed. And also, as there were no tall mountains near our site and trajectory, the entire issue on Apollo 14 was more academic than real, which would not have been the case on later flights into higher terrain.[/i]
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