Tom Kelly (LEM Chief Eng.) explained in his book “Moon Lander” that the incident was triggered by a technician who trimmed off a quarter of an inch off one of the two umbilical connector prong, thus deviating the “as-built” configuration from the “as-designed” one. The engine was instructed to shut down if one of the two connectors was pulled off before the other one – which happened. This lead NASA to establish a robust process on Configuration Management control ever since.
Please expand vogonford`s video description to understand why the escape tower launched and the parachutes deployed while the rocket was still on the launch pad.
To add to marinekillab`s comment, Gene Kranz in his book “Failure is not an option” mentioned that this suggestion lead to the first rule of Mission Contol: If you don`t know what you`re doing, don`t do anything. “
Gene Kranz (one of the misson control guys) said that they had to figure out what to do to with the rocket since the engines fuel and O2 tanks were still pressurised and the chutes could tople the rocket over if the wind picked up. One guy actually suggested that they should shoot holes in the tanks to depressurise them.
Needless to say they probably smacked the shit out of him and decided to wait till the next day. When the batteries ran out the tanks depressurised.
@Taylorh161 this specific flight was an unmanned one. It was know as the "popped cork" incident and was one of the most embarresing failures of the program
lol right stuff
aj0446 1 month ago
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langleygm 2 months ago
Tom Kelly (LEM Chief Eng.) explained in his book “Moon Lander” that the incident was triggered by a technician who trimmed off a quarter of an inch off one of the two umbilical connector prong, thus deviating the “as-built” configuration from the “as-designed” one. The engine was instructed to shut down if one of the two connectors was pulled off before the other one – which happened. This lead NASA to establish a robust process on Configuration Management control ever since.
radgata 3 months ago
Please expand vogonford`s video description to understand why the escape tower launched and the parachutes deployed while the rocket was still on the launch pad.
To add to marinekillab`s comment, Gene Kranz in his book “Failure is not an option” mentioned that this suggestion lead to the first rule of Mission Contol: If you don`t know what you`re doing, don`t do anything. “
radgata 3 months ago
no he`s alive. the parachute opened
tokus64 3 months ago
@Taylorh161 it was an unmanned launch.
SuperJanitor 3 months ago
I'm shocked that so many of you have never seen a troll in its wild habitat.
vogonford 4 months ago
Gene Kranz (one of the misson control guys) said that they had to figure out what to do to with the rocket since the engines fuel and O2 tanks were still pressurised and the chutes could tople the rocket over if the wind picked up. One guy actually suggested that they should shoot holes in the tanks to depressurise them.
Needless to say they probably smacked the shit out of him and decided to wait till the next day. When the batteries ran out the tanks depressurised.
marinekillab 6 months ago 6
@marinekillab A bullet would not have caused an explosion.
deathrooster14 3 weeks ago
did the astronaught in it die
Taylorh161 7 months ago
@Taylorh161 It was unmanned
SaganClassSC05 7 months ago
@Taylorh161 i don know did he died
vogonford 6 months ago
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@vogonford They didn't. It was unmanned.
asvb232 6 months ago
@vogonford there wasn't anyone in it
dadduk123 1 month ago
@Taylorh161 They didn't. It was unmanned.
asvb232 6 months ago
@Taylorh161 No astronaut was in it.
csadler 5 months ago 6
@Taylorh161 luckily, this was an unmanned launch.
FuyuAkiWorld 5 months ago
@Taylorh161 There wasn't an astronaut in there lol
dannywilliamo 4 months ago
@Taylorh161 this specific flight was an unmanned one. It was know as the "popped cork" incident and was one of the most embarresing failures of the program
langleygm 2 months ago
@langleygm so is your spelling
Mal1234567 2 weeks ago
@Taylorh161 It was unmanned
Morkvonork 2 months ago