[AR] Re: LEM leg
- From: "John Stoffel" <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:52:26 -0400
"Henry" == Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Henry> 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.
Henry> I think the best single description I've seen is: William F. Rogers,
Henry> "Apollo Experience Report - Lunar Module Landing Gear Subsystem", NASA
TN
Henry> D-6850, 1972. (Should be findable online but I don't have a URL handy.)
Henry> There are a whole bunch of Apollo Experience Reports -- part of the
effort
Henry> to record hard-earned wisdom as follow-on funding evaporated and it
became
Henry> clear that teams were going to be broken up and expertise lost -- and
they
Henry> are a good place to look if you want to know details on Apollo stuff,
Henry> including not only how things were done but why.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19720018253.pdf
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