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What if Apollo 11 had been stranded ? [merged]

Started by Saru , Jul 24 2012 09:33 AM
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#61    Waspie_Dwarf

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Posted 29 July 2012 - 08:19 PM

View PostMID, on 29 July 2012 - 07:59 PM, said:

I think we have a resolution to this thread, don't we?

If the Apollo 11 crew were stranded on the surface of the Moon.


...They'd have perished there 43 years ago.

That is true.

I have no doubt that NASA would have resolved whatever caused the accident. There would almost certainly have been at least on more test flight of the LM and then another landing attempt made. The USA would have still been the first to the moon albeit missing JFKs target of the end of the decade.
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Posted 29 July 2012 - 09:43 PM

But then Like Mid said ,We move on ! We Did Land and return, We Will Move on! :tu:
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Posted 31 July 2012 - 11:26 PM

View PostWaspie_Dwarf, on 29 July 2012 - 08:19 PM, said:

That is true.

I have no doubt that NASA would have resolved whatever caused the accident. There would almost certainly have been at least on more test flight of the LM and then another landing attempt made. The USA would have still been the first to the moon albeit missing JFKs target of the end of the decade.

Well, as far as returning them safely to the Earth as concerned...It would've been, no joy!

I can tell you it would've been hell for some time, figuring out how simple vales didn't allow hypergolics rto mix and simply ignite as they were designed to do..upon contact.

LM APS was nearly as fool-proof a system as existed. No one ever thought that it wouldn't work!

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Posted 03 August 2012 - 01:29 AM

I love it when you use those hypergolics wham,Bam, Words Mid ! We could use some of those in Texas !
I have a little job down the road ,It rhymes wit Chick-Fil-a ! Kaboom ! :tu:
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Posted 25 August 2012 - 08:37 PM

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Posted 29 August 2012 - 12:56 AM

I think it has become a rather non-topic now folks.

It didn't happen.  It wasn't likely, and now, one of the men who landed on the Moon in the Summer of '69 is  gone.

It seems there's nothing to discuss, doesn't it?

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Posted 01 September 2012 - 10:47 PM

View PostDONTEATUS, on 29 July 2012 - 09:43 PM, said:

But then Like Mid said ,We move on ! We Did Land and return, We Will Move on! :tu:


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