Re: Armstrong lauds another spaceman
From: Rusty Barton (reuben_barton_at_no_spam_y_a_h_o_o_.com)
Date: 09/05/04
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Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 12:31:10 -0700
On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 13:22:13 -0500, Kevin Willoughby
<KevinWilloughby@acm.org.invalid> wrote:
>In article <d01cae46.0409040819.43deb2eb@posting.google.com>,
>garrison@efn.org says...
>> Neil Armstrong [...] said:
>> I have ridden on 13 different rocket engines
>
>I can't match that number:
>
>by type:
>X-1b
>X-15
>Titan-II first stage
>Titan-II second stage
>Agena (well, it was planned....)
>S-IC
>S-II
>S-IVB (I'm being generous, both S-II and S-IVB used J-2s)
>Apollo SPS
>LM Descent
>LM Assent
>That's 11.
>
>By number:
>1 X-1b
>1 X-15
>2 Titan II first stage
>2 Titan II second stage
>5 F-1s
>5 J-2s
>1 J-2
>1 SPS
>1 LM Descent
>1 LM Ascent
>That sum is too high even counting just the moon flight.
>
>Assuming Armstrong is correct [sic!], what am I missing?
>
>
>
>> and had the privilege of commanding three
>> different types of spacecraft,
>
>Why not count the X-15? (Yes, Armstrong never took it to 100 km, but it
>could reach space.)
Gemini OAMS?
Apollo CM & LM RCS?
LLRV had small rocket engines.
The rocket in the ejection seat when he
ejected from the LLRV.
- Rusty Barton
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