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recovered F-1 engines - which mission?
Which mission are the recovered F-1 engines from? Most reports say
that they are from Apollo 11, but some say that they don't know because the serial numbers are missing or only partial. Some people seem to automatically think that Apollo 11 was the only one. |
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recovered F-1 engines - which mission?
"Jan Philips" wrote in message
... Which mission are the recovered F-1 engines from? Most reports say that they are from Apollo 11, but some say that they don't know because the serial numbers are missing or only partial. Some people seem to automatically think that Apollo 11 was the only one. Well, the GOAL was the Apollo 11 S-V. Hence in part why I think many folks are saying these are them. That said, I suspect it'll be a bit (days or weeks) before anything is confirmed. -- Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net |
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recovered F-1 engines - which mission?
On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:37:25 -0400, "Greg \(Strider\) Moore"
wrote: Well, the GOAL was the Apollo 11 S-V. Hence in part why I think many folks are saying these are them. That said, I suspect it'll be a bit (days or weeks) before anything is confirmed. Could they tell from the location? |
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On Mar 24, 8:38*pm, Jan Philips wrote:
On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:37:25 -0400, "Greg \(Strider\) Moore" wrote: Well, the GOAL was the Apollo 11 S-V. *Hence in part why I think many folks are saying these are them. That said, I suspect it'll be a bit (days or weeks) before anything is confirmed. Could they tell from the location? Not EXACTLY, the area is littered with all sorts of debris from a lifetime of launches. in some form everything must be there, they know what it looks like, the serial numbers are in the archives, cleaning and confirming serial numbers take time |
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On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:07:50 -0700 (PDT), bob haller
wrote: Could they tell from the location? Not EXACTLY, the area is littered with all sorts of debris from a lifetime of launches. Yes, but we are talking only about Saturn F-1s. Is the location of where each SI-C went down known accurately enough to tell which ones have been found? |
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"Jan Philips" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:07:50 -0700 (PDT), bob haller wrote: Could they tell from the location? Not EXACTLY, the area is littered with all sorts of debris from a lifetime of launches. Yes, but we are talking only about Saturn F-1s. Is the location of where each SI-C went down known accurately enough to tell which ones have been found? A 30 second search shows Apollo 15 was launched more southerly than previous launches. And since the launch depended on where the Moon was in its orbit I have to guess there's some variation (on the scale of miles) between where the impact points were, but I don't know how much stuff might drift and how accurately the impact spot was tracked. -- Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net |
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On Mar 24, 10:12*pm, "Greg \(Strider\) Moore"
wrote: "Jan Philips" *wrote in message .. . On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:07:50 -0700 (PDT), bob haller wrote: Could they tell from the location? Not EXACTLY, the area is littered with all sorts of debris from a lifetime of launches. Yes, but we are talking only about Saturn F-1s. *Is the location of where each SI-C went down known accurately enough to tell which ones have been found? A 30 second search shows Apollo 15 was launched more southerly than previous launches. And since the launch depended on where the Moon was in its orbit I have to guess there's some variation (on the scale of miles) between where the impact points were, but I don't know how much stuff might drift and how accurately the impact spot was tracked. -- Greg D. Moore * * * * * * * * *http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses.http://www.quicr.net theres a pretty photo of one of the stages impacting the ocean in a rather spectacular fashion, taken by a fishing boat that probabky shouldnt of been there |
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recovered F-1 engines - which mission?
"Greg (Strider) Moore" wrote in message
m... "Jan Philips" wrote in message . .. On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:07:50 -0700 (PDT), bob haller wrote: Could they tell from the location? Not EXACTLY, the area is littered with all sorts of debris from a lifetime of launches. Yes, but we are talking only about Saturn F-1s. Is the location of where each SI-C went down known accurately enough to tell which ones have been found? A 30 second search shows Apollo 15 was launched more southerly than previous launches. And since the launch depended on where the Moon was in its orbit I have to guess there's some variation (on the scale of miles) between where the impact points were, but I don't know how much stuff might drift and how accurately the impact spot was tracked. "Apollo - The Definitive Sourcebook" by Rich Orloff and David Harland has the impact points. For instance Apollo 10's S-IC was 30.188 deg N, 74.207 deg W while Apollo 11's was 30.212N, 74.038W. I don't know how big an area a location to that accuracy would cover. -- Gordon Davie Edinburgh, Scotland "Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God." |
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On Monday, March 25, 2013 3:52:44 AM UTC-4, bob haller wrote:
On Mar 24, 10:12*pm, "Greg \(Strider\) Moore" wrote: "Jan Philips" *wrote in message .. . On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:07:50 -0700 (PDT), bob haller wrote: Could they tell from the location? Not EXACTLY, the area is littered with all sorts of debris from a lifetime of launches. Yes, but we are talking only about Saturn F-1s. *Is the location of where each SI-C went down known accurately enough to tell which ones have been found? A 30 second search shows Apollo 15 was launched more southerly than previous launches. And since the launch depended on where the Moon was in its orbit I have to guess there's some variation (on the scale of miles) between where the impact points were, but I don't know how much stuff might drift and how accurately the impact spot was tracked. -- Greg D. Moore * * * * * * * * *http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses.http://www.quicr.net theres a pretty photo of one of the stages impacting the ocean in a rather spectacular fashion, taken by a fishing boat that probabky shouldnt of been there Where might this picture be? |
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On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:44:53 -0000, "GordonD"
wrote: "Apollo - The Definitive Sourcebook" by Rich Orloff and David Harland has the impact points. For instance Apollo 10's S-IC was 30.188 deg N, 74.207 deg W while Apollo 11's was 30.212N, 74.038W. I don't know how big an area a location to that accuracy would cover. Those are pretty accurate locations. At the equator, 0.001 degree is about 100 meters, and it is less than that at those locations - if they are rounded properly and not converted from less-accurate minutes and seconds. |
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