In retrospect, the Apollo lunar programme is recognised as a political imperative, designed to illustrate American superiority in the face of Soviet competition. It was, nevertheless, also a triumph of technology over seemingly insurmountable challenges. The developments in the many aspects of engineering required to meet those challenges stand, even today, as a testament to mankind's inventiveness and perseverance. The Apollo 17 mission ended this historic first phase of manned planetary exploration in December 1972, but the legacy of the Apollo programme remains-in science, technology and culture-even 30 years on. This paper describes the guidance, navigation and control, the power subsystem, learning from mistakes, and the problems encountered by Apollo 13.


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    Titel :

    Aiming for the Moon: the engineering challenge of Apollo


    Beteiligte:
    Williamson, M. (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.10.2002


    Format / Umfang :

    9 pages



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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