Re: Apollo Trivia Question

In message <12dkrvd42ou1809@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx> writes


Henry Spencer wrote:

Estimated splashdown weight of Apollo 11 -- a reasonable example -- was
10873 lbs.


Now, this is going to be fun...what U.S. helicopters in 1969 could lift that sort of weight?
At sea level of course- but that's sort of a given, isn't it? ;-)

When I saw your "given" I immediately had an image of an Apollo CM coming down in Lake Titicaca, 12,500 feet up.
I can't imagine why it should need to land there, but it would make for an interesting recovery problem ;-)
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