[AR] Re: LEM leg
- From: "John Dom" <johndom@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 22:07:28 +0200
Ah, pdf shows exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you John, Henry.
jd
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Subject: [AR] Re: LEM leg
"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.
Henry> Rogers, "Apollo Experience Report - Lunar Module Landing Gear
Henry> Subsystem", NASA TN D-6850, 1972. (Should be findable online but
Henry> I don't have a URL handy.)
Henry> There are a whole bunch of Apollo Experience Reports -- part of
Henry> the effort to record hard-earned wisdom as follow-on funding
Henry> evaporated and it became clear that teams were going to be broken
Henry> up and expertise lost -- and they are a good place to look if you
Henry> want to know details on Apollo stuff, 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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