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Originally Posted by CraigS
Off topic a little, but I notice Buzz Aldrin is coming to Australia shortly (for presentations etc).
He tells tales of the notorious incident Steve mentions above.
Must've been a bit hairy at the time, given the historical importance of what unfolded in the following next few hours.
Cheers
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Interesting too that the smoothing polynomials for the course corrections could theoretically have plotted a course through the ground and back up again under certain circumstances (which fortunately never happened). Also that the initial landings had severe engine surging problems due to 0.2 sec delay programmed even though engine had been upgraded to <0.1 sec delay (without being documented/communictaed). If they
had programmed the documented 0.3sec delay the surging would have been catastrophic.....