Re: Apollo Trivia Question

Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Derek Lyons wrote:

With no practice, no test flights? Not a good idea.


That wouldn't be a problem; they could do test pick-ups of a a
boilerplate capsule on the Great Lakes with no corrosion problems.
Touching down on the carrier could be simulated by landing on a
converted coal barge with the capsule.

Try thinking this through when the drugs wear off Pat.

D.
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