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Old July 15th 04, 09:51 PM
Bruce Palmer
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Derek Lyons wrote:
rk wrote:

Kevin Willoughby wrote:

Does any of that explain why the S-V guidance computer worked just fine
when the Apollo computer had been knocked sideways by lighting on Apollo
12?


I don't know, have no data, but I always thought about just that issue.


The explanation I heard was that the Apollo computer being in a
smaller volume and nearer the strike was exposed to higher EMF effects
than the S-V computer.


Were the Saturn V guidance computers in the IU with the stable reference
platform?

Apollo 12 was struck twice by lightning ISTR. Were the actual locations
of the lightning strikes on the vehicle documented?

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