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Space Rocket History #106 – Apollo: The Mode Decision – Part 1
Space Rocket History Archive
English - December 03, 2018 15:41 - 36 minutes - 16.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 123 ratingsScience History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Space Rocket History #105 – Saturn’s First Flight – SA-1 – Part 2
The mode that Apollo would use to land on the moon was the most studied, analyzed, and debated decision made for the lunar landing program. There were four main choices Direct-ascent, Earth-Orbit Rendezvous, Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous, and Lunar Surface Rendezvous.