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Topic: List of mistakes made in the Apollo program?
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p51 Member Posts: 1658 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 11-26-2013 12:13 PM
I need to compile a list of every error or mistake in the Apollo flights, after Apollo 1, no matter how small. I'm starting my research on a fiction book where I need to know every little goof up, glitch and mistake that was made from liftoff to splashdown on all of the Apollo missions after Apollo 7.I've spent a lot of time pouring through books and online, looking for the info but haven't found a good comprehensive list. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. |
Jeff Member Posts: 483 From: Fayetteville, NC, USA Registered: May 2009
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posted 11-26-2013 12:40 PM
Have you looked in the back sections of the NASA Mission Reports by Apogee for each specific mission? They have a discrepancy report that may be a good starting point for info as it discusses the discrepancies for the CSM, LM, Launch Vehicle, etc., by mission. |
kr4mula Member Posts: 642 From: Cinci, OH Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 11-26-2013 12:54 PM
There also is the collection of "Apollo Experience Reports" on the NASA Technical Information server. I think they're all publicly available. The ones I've gone through (they're done by system) typically have by-mission anomalies, which aren't necessarly "mistakes" made by people, though. |
Jeff Member Posts: 483 From: Fayetteville, NC, USA Registered: May 2009
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posted 11-26-2013 01:16 PM
And they are also featured on The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, as is the crew tech. debriefing. |
p51 Member Posts: 1658 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 11-27-2013 12:25 PM
Is there any place online or any one book that would list anything that went wrong on each manned Apollo mission that flew? I'm researching info for a fictional book where each error in the entire program will be addressed... |
ivorwilliams Member Posts: 69 From: Welwyn Garden City, UK Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 12-02-2013 12:48 PM
Have you not read the responses you've already received? |
Lou Chinal Member Posts: 1332 From: Staten Island, NY Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 12-02-2013 01:02 PM
Do you want a list of design flaws also? |
moorouge Member Posts: 2458 From: U.K. Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 12-02-2013 01:27 PM
Would Mission Control thinking it could order Wally Schirra to do something count as a mistake? |
p51 Member Posts: 1658 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 12-02-2013 01:30 PM
quote: Originally posted by ivorwilliams: Have you not read the responses you've already received?
I have, but I haven't been able to find ANY list of anomalies for all the missions. I've searched the mentions above and I can't find any list that goes over the errors on each mission. If someone knows where in these reports to look, I'd be grateful as I don't think I have several months to go through hundreds of thousands of pages of data to pick out each individual thing that was messed up.If there's one book out there which might have this data, I'd be fine with paying for it, I just can't justify buying stacks of books on each mission, and again, going through every line trying to find the proverbial needle in the haystack... quote: Originally posted by Lou Chinal: Do you want a list of design flaws also?
Yep, I sure would! |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 43576 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-02-2013 01:53 PM
I don't believe a single list like you describe exists. Rather, as earlier mentioned, the post-flight technical debriefs, discrepancy and later experience reports, captured that information in the format needed at the time. There is an internal NASA infographic, Significant Incidents and Close Calls in Human Spaceflight, but it encompasses more than just the Apollo program. |
Blackarrow Member Posts: 3160 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 12-02-2013 04:45 PM
Not one single source (within one volume) but you may find it helpful to refer to the NASA Mission Director's Summary Report for each mission. I believe all can be found online, for instance on the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal/Apollo Flight Journal.For example, in the Apollo 14 MDSR: TABLE 9: Launch Vehicle Discrepancy Summary TABLE 10: CSM 110 Discrepancy Summary TABLE 11: Lunar Module 8 Discrepancy Summary TABLE 12: Apollo 14 Crew/Experiment Equipment Discrepancy Summary. |
Lou Chinal Member Posts: 1332 From: Staten Island, NY Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 12-06-2013 09:28 AM
There was a post a few years back, someone asked the question "Why was there no S-III stage in the Saturn V"? I had told part of the story. |
sev8n Member Posts: 236 From: Dallas TX USA Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 12-06-2013 12:58 PM
quote: Originally posted by Lou Chinal: Why was there no S-III stage in the Saturn V?
How timely, I was wondering this very thing just the other day. Thanks for the link and the explanation. |