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T O P I C R E V I E WAztecdougI found this handy reference which displays where all of the M-G-A flights splashed down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splashdown Of interest is GT-8 which came down in a contingency site. Apollo 14... why so far South?While the first two Redstone shots were logical, does anybody know the criteria for putting capsules down in the Atlantic or the Pacific? I can understand a trip coming back from the Moon you might want the biggest target and use the Pacific. But a couple of Mercury shots went in the Pacific and Apollo 7 and 9 went into the Atlantic...------------------Kind RegardsDouglas HenryEnjoy yourself and have fun.... it is only a hobby!http://home.earthlink.net/~aztecdoug/TomDoug:Another factor involved had to do with the time of entry and lighting conditions in the area.I believe there was only one splashdown in "darkness". That was Apollo 8 and it was about an hour or two before local sunrise.Duke Of URLDarn it! I was going to say that!TomYou can say it too...LOLspaceman19537 and 9 were Earth orbital missions....isn't that why they were Atlantic splashdowns ?All of the Apollo's that went to the Moon came back to the Pacific....I thought it had to do with flight mechanics and not the "bigger target" consideration.But the more knowledgeable among us can give you the "real" details for sure.Gene BellaDuke Of URL quote:Originally posted by spaceman1953:All of the Apollo's that went to the Moon came back to the Pacific....I thought it had to do with flight mechanics and not the "bigger target" consideration.So you're suggesting these guys - who could calculate lunar trjectories - needed a target the size of the Pacific Ocean?That's like suggesting a spacecraft that navigated all the hazards of interstellar Outer Space crashed because it got tangled up in some Earthling telephone wires outside of Rosewell, NM.Isn't the Pacific as wide as the Moon?dss65If I remember correctly, I believe that in "Lost Moon" Jim Lovell says that the PC+2 burn that was chosen had taken into consideration that the Navy had a lot more ships in the Pacific than the Atlantic, thus the recovery options were better.------------------Don
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splashdown
Of interest is GT-8 which came down in a contingency site. Apollo 14... why so far South?
While the first two Redstone shots were logical, does anybody know the criteria for putting capsules down in the Atlantic or the Pacific? I can understand a trip coming back from the Moon you might want the biggest target and use the Pacific. But a couple of Mercury shots went in the Pacific and Apollo 7 and 9 went into the Atlantic...
------------------Kind Regards
Douglas Henry
Enjoy yourself and have fun.... it is only a hobby!http://home.earthlink.net/~aztecdoug/
All of the Apollo's that went to the Moon came back to the Pacific....I thought it had to do with flight mechanics and not the "bigger target" consideration.
But the more knowledgeable among us can give you the "real" details for sure.
Gene Bella
quote:Originally posted by spaceman1953:All of the Apollo's that went to the Moon came back to the Pacific....I thought it had to do with flight mechanics and not the "bigger target" consideration.
So you're suggesting these guys - who could calculate lunar trjectories - needed a target the size of the Pacific Ocean?
That's like suggesting a spacecraft that navigated all the hazards of interstellar Outer Space crashed because it got tangled up in some Earthling telephone wires outside of Rosewell, NM.
Isn't the Pacific as wide as the Moon?
------------------Don
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