Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in ... - The Black Vault

Exploring the Unknown 531
J.C.H.
October 31, 1961
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OUTLINE AND INDEX
Page
FOREWORD .............................................................................................................. i
OUTLINE AND INDEX ..........................................................................................ii
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ......................................................................... 1
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 5
PART I
PROGRAM FOR MANNED LUNAR LANDING
THROUGH USE OF LUNAR RENDEZVOUS ....................................................... 6
MISSION DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................ 6
Mission profile and vehicle concept ........................................................................ 6
VEHICLE WEIGHTS AND BOOSTER REQUIREMENTS ................................. 12
PROGRAM PLAN AND SCHEDULING ................................................................ 21
FUNDING................................................................................................................ 28
SAFETY AND RELIABILITY .................................................................................. 30
Crew safety ........................................................................................................ 30
Mission accomplishment and development reliability................................... 32
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ................................................................................ 33
Lunar Lander Development ............................................................................ 33
Rendezvous Operation Development ............................................................. 33
Instrumentation Development ........................................................................ 34
Development Facilities for Lunar Rendezvous Mission ................................. 34
Analog docking facility ........................................................................... 35
Lunar descent and take-off research facility .......................................... 36
Lunar landing research facility .............................................................. 36
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