Word: moone
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hazard numbers, from take-off to return, were multiplied together, the result represented the hazard of the whole mode. In the final reckoning, LOR looked best. Chief advantage is the smallness of the lunar landing vehicle, which will be easier and safer to set down on the moon. Shea is sure that rendezvous near the moon will be no more difficult than rendezvous near the earth...
TRAINING FOR THE MOON...
...well, the astronauts will take their departure for the moon, burning just enough fuel to reach earth-escape velocity...
Weighing about 85,000 Ibs., the moon bound spacecraft will have three parts: the command module, housing the three-man crew; the service module, with supplies, engines and propellants; and the small landing bug. During the three-day voyage to the moon, the astronauts will make computations and burn fuel to correct their course. They will also take the bug out of the rear of the service module and attach it to the nose of the command module. After arriving in the vicinity of the moon, they will burn a little more fuel to nudge their ship into...
...will have its own rocket engines. By firing those engines briefly, the crew will be able to put their ship into an elliptical orbit that will dip to within ten miles of the moon's airless surface. As they swoop through perigee, the men in the bug will study the barren geography below, trying to recognize places that they have seen on maps and photographs. They will be able to correct their orbit as they climb back to apogee...