Posted on April 9, 2015
“I would like to reiterate once more that it is absolutely mandatory that we arrive at a definite mode decision within the next few weeks. . . . If we do not make a clear-cut decision on the mode very soon, our chances of accomplishing the first luna...
Shea uses models to demonstrate how the lunar module would dock with the command module
Rocket Comparison
Lunar orbit insertion
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