posted 12-30-2014 09:32 AM
How close was the mission to being aborted during the launch phase as a result of the second stage center engine shutdown?
Would the early shutdown of the engine increase the g forces or the pogo oscillations on the crew to a dangerous extent? Most accounts play down this part of the mission as a minor hiccup.
Jim Behling Member
Posts: 1488 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Registered: Mar 2010
posted 12-30-2014 02:41 PM
It wasn't close to an abort and the g loads were reduced by 20%. It would negate any pogo effects since the thrust was reduced. Margins were reduced due to the lost of the engine but that is what happens when you lose redundant systems.
posted 12-31-2014 03:21 PM
That's what I thought but John Young made it sound more dramatic in his book.
Tom Member
Posts: 1610 From: New York Registered: Nov 2000
posted 01-01-2015 08:06 AM
If it wasn't for the "major hiccup" two days later, the second stage issue may have received more attention.
Paul78zephyr Member
Posts: 678 From: Hudson, MA Registered: Jul 2005
posted 01-04-2015 09:09 AM
quote:Originally posted by Fra Mauro: That's what I thought but John Young made it sound more dramatic in his book.
It's interesting that Young discusses it in his book because Jim Lovell in 'Lost Moon' doesn't mention it at all. It was in the movie 'Apollo 13' but not in the book (at least the original 1994 edition). I've always thought it very odd that that 'glitch' was left out of 'Lost Moon'.