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Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module

Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module

Paperback

Series: Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight (Paperback)

Technology & Engineering

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ISBN10: 1588342735
ISBN13: 9781588342737
Publisher: Smithsonian Inst Pr
Published: Sep 11 2009
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.04
Language: English
Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was, he writes, an aerospace engineer's dream job of the century. Kelly's account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solutions to a host of technical challenges with an emphasis on safety, reliability, and maintainability. He catalogs numerous test failures, including propulsion-system leaks, ascent-engine instability, stress corrosion of the aluminum alloy parts, and battery problems, as well as their fixes under the ever-present constraints of budget and schedule. He also recaptures the exhilaration of hearing Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong report that The Eagle has landed, and the pride of having inadvertently provided a vital lifeboat for the crew of the disabled Apollo 13.

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