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Forum:	Mercury - Gemini - Apollo
Topic:	Apollo crews in lunar module on launch pad

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by LM-12: [B]The extra insulation and plume deflectors installed on the LM-5 descent stage at the pad are among the configuration differences between AS-505 and AS-506 mentioned in the mission report: [list][]Modified the base heat shield. Reduces the lunar landing fire-to-touchdown problem. Enhances mission success. []Added RCS plume deflectors for each of the lower four RCS thrusters. To withstand increased firing time for RCS thrusters.[/list] In the post-flight debrief, Buzz Aldrin discusses the LM inspection done early in the EVA. He mentions the plume deflectors: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]I don't think we noticed a thing that was abnormal. I guess the only thing that I made note of was the jet plume deflectors. The one on the right side as I was looking at the LM (which would make it the quad 1) appeared to be a bit more wrinkled than the one on quad 4. Of course, there's nothing to compare it with, because I'd never seen them before. As a matter of fact, the first time we really saw them was when we looked out of the command module and got a pretty good idea of their structure.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE>[/B][/QUOTE]
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