[AR] Re: LEM leg
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:45:11 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 28 Jul 2016, John Dom wrote:
That Apollo lunar lander is still on display, including the golden mylar
foil on part of the legs...
Does anybody have a reference of the leg construction with clear drawings
and explanations of its parts? Thank you.
I think the best single description I've seen is: William F. Rogers,
"Apollo Experience Report - Lunar Module Landing Gear Subsystem", NASA TN
D-6850, 1972. (Should be findable online but I don't have a URL handy.)
There are a whole bunch of Apollo Experience Reports -- part of the effort
to record hard-earned wisdom as follow-on funding evaporated and it became
clear that teams were going to be broken up and expertise lost -- and they
are a good place to look if you want to know details on Apollo stuff,
including not only how things were done but why.
Henry
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