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Author Topic: 056:40:24 RETRO Spencer nixes direct abort  (Read 794 times)

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056:40:24 RETRO Spencer nixes direct abort
« on: September 05, 2024, 11:09:59 am »
Pretty self-explanatory. During the height of the crisis, RETRO Bobby Spencer has run the numbers on how much it would cost to do a direct abort at T+60 - 10,000 ΔV (delta V, or available velocity). The numbers he gives to Maroon FLIGHT Milt Windler are unrealistic. Milt doesn't realize this at first as he tells Bobby "work on that", but soon they quickly come to the conclusion that it's not doable. Even the subsequent conversation involving 7,000 ΔV implies that they would have the SPS engine for an undocked burn.

They will not.

Link: https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/?t=056:40:24&ch=19
« Last Edit: September 05, 2024, 11:13:00 am by MadDogBV »
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