Apollo 16 debriefing

546 Pages·1999·8.07 MB·English

MSC-06805
NATIONALA ERONAUTICSA ND SPACEA DMINISTRATION
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TECHNICAL
CREWD EBRIEFING
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MAY 5, 1972
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CREW TRAININGA ND SIMULATIODNI VISION
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CONTENTS
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1.0 SUITINANGD INGRES.S . . . . 1-1
2.0 STATUSC HECKSA NDC OUNTDOW.N 2-1
3.0 POWREEDF LIGHT 3-1
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4.0 EARTHO RBITAl �DS YSTEMCSH ECKOUT. 4-1
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5.0 TLIT HROUG8H- IVBC LOSEOUT 5-1
6.0 TRANSLtJNAR COAST 6-1
7.0 l.OID,O I,L UNAR MODULCEH ECKOUT 7-1
8.0 ACTIVATITOHNR OUGH SEPARATION 8-1
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9.0 SEPARATITOHNR OUGLMH TOUCHDOWN 9-1
10.0 LtJNAR SURFAC•E . . . . . 10-1
11.0 CSMC IRCUMLUNAORP ERATIONS 11-1
12.0 LIFT-OFFR,E NEDZVOUSAN,D DOCKIN.G 12-1
13.0 LUNARM ODULE JETTTIHSROONU GTHE I 13-1
14.0 TRANSEARTCHO AST 14-1
15.0 ENTRY . 15-1
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16.0 LANDINGAND RECOVERY 16-1
17.0 TRAINING . . . . . . . . . . 17-1
18.0 COMMAND MODULSEY STEMSO PERATIONS 18-1
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19.0 LUNARM ODULES YSTEMOSP ERATIONS 19-1
20.0 LRV OPERATIONS 20-1
21.0 EMU SYSTEM.S 21-1
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22.0 FLIGEHQTU IPMENT 22-1
.0 FLIGHDATT FA IEL . 23-1
24.0 VISAULS IGHNTGIS. 24-1
25.0 PREMISNS PILNOANING
.0 MISSIOCNO NTROL 26-1
27.0 HUMAN FACTORS 27-1
28.0 MISCELLANEOUS 28-1
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1-1
SUITIANNGDI NGRESS
1.0
YOUNG I dind'tn oitceany probmlsea ssotceidwa itshu iitng<: ''''.i n-
gres.s CabinC losuetw oasn omintahrlo ugh.o uAtse veryone
knowis,ti sv erdyi fcfuiltto r eacthh ed umph andtloed ump
thec bainf ort hep ugre,b uty ouc an do wiit tyho uerl b.o w
Tha'tst hew ay dIi di t. Theo thetrh ign thamta dmee n ervous
abuoti ngreswsa s twhaeyT roSyt ualreta noevde r atbhoer t
hanlde. I knotwh e pyarroes naortn1 ebdu,t m anw,e s hould
catuino thes uittec hincainst os tya awafyr otmh akti nd of
stu.f f
SLAYTONS peakoifnT gr oryem indsm et hawte d on eetdo gectmo mae nt
froCmh ralihee er ont hes uitign;w hethehre hsamode d iffi-
cultbya,s eodny oufri rsgtor aoun. d
YOUNG Ye.s Ont hed ayo f lauhnecs ha,i tdh el egosf h isw ere
tihgt.A nde,v eryyb jousdts orto fp oo-potohea.dt
SLAYTONW ec an talakb outth alta t.e r
YOUNG Suicti rucitc heckw asg oodi;nr gesasn dc abinc losuetw oeer
nomnia.l Inf actw,ew eraeb ou2t0 m inuetsa head wthhoel e
tmiet hroutghhel anuc.h
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2.0S TATUCSHE CKASN DC OUNTDOWN
YOUNG Groucndomm unciatnisoa ndc uondtownw erneo minalla;u nch
prepariaotnw asn ominaslys;tm es epprariaotnw asn omin.a l
CreSwt taino Cotnrolasn dD ipslays:I thikn the'resa couple
of tghsiw nec an sya here.O nei st hawte k netwha tt he H
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tank plr essuer rea-douwta so sicllatign,d ind'tw e?
MATTINGLYYe .s Thetyo ldu st ha.t Whea da catuioann dw arnign oint.
YOUNG Thetyo dl ust ha.t Butt heo thetrh ign that dwined' tk now
wast hta theS PSp ressuer t-he fpureelss uer wasw ha-t
7 psil ow?D uet oa trnasudcer.
MATTINGLIYv' eg ot atlhslo en umebrsw rittedno w.n Appearntly the
probml weitthh e SpPrSes suer wass moethitnhga tth ehya d
knowanb ouatn di tw asn ots moethitnhagt w ee vedri scsusde.
Thep robltehma Cth ralisewa was tthheaD te ltao-nP the pad
was greater than 20.
DUKE Tha'tsr igh.t
YOUNG �1ewne w eer stitign three,w ew erseti tign witha na bort
conditoinf orL O.I We hagdr etaae rt-hna-2D0e lat-Pl aying
there tohnep a.d
MATTINGLAYn dt hecyam e bacakn ds aidt ha'tst hew ayi ti sb ecuase
theriesa shitf itnh ree.
2-2
YOUNG Andt hesnmo eo thetrh nigh adf ailaendd n obyo tdoldu s any-
thign aboutth a.t Someg rourndef erceent hnigh adf ailaendd
I guessi tc uoldh avbee eonu rf aulatn dt heays kedu si fw e
wanetda finalb reifinognt hea ctusayl smtse,h owt hewyer e
opetriang,a d aI skeDda vBea llairfdt herwea sa nyhtign we
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ought kntooaw b ouatn dh es aidn ott hahte k neowf . SoI
sai,d le'tsn otd oi tt hebne cuasew e'er kinodf b usayn dI
do'ntw antt ou nencesrsilafyi lslq urae.s
MATITNGLY talWek etdo D onA rbaina abouitt a ndh ew ass nednig uasl l
thep refglhitp robltermca kign listasn dI reade veroyn eo f
thosreep otrs.
YOUNG Itw as'nti nt he.r e
MATTNIGLYT herwea s tar anuscdesrh itf,I rememebr,a nd wiats telem-
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etrtyra nsudcre shitf. Thawta s twhaeyi t wdaess cbreid,
andi tw ass moething tthheMa OtC hRa dc alibrteada ndt hat
wasa llt akenc areo fa ndw hethetrh iwsa st hes ame problem
orw hetherw asia tna didtoinaplr oebml,I do'ntk now.
YOUNG Thep oitn bei,n gtIh ikn wec oulhda vhea dt haptr obml aell
workoeudt b eofrew ee velre tf theg round twhiemt ish sion
rulesa nde veyrthingf orL OI instde oafg ointgh rouag ChO pQle
ofd ayosf L OIm isisonr ulesa ndc moinugp t oL OIw itahn S PS
lighta ndt hakti nodf t hing. Theb adf eatuarbeo uatn S PS
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YOUNG lig,h its-tha'tsn ott heo nltyh inygo uc an geatnS PS
(CON'TD)
wanrinlgi hgtf o.r
MATTILNYG Tha'tsr ight.I tn egtaest he valtueh eS PoSfp ressurlei hgt
becuase yo'uev maskeitdb yh avign ito na llt het mie.
YOUNG Forf uteu dreisgn,w eo ughtto b ea blteo r eestl ihgtsi f
the'resm orteh aonn ev aribaleg ointgot hme. Fore xapml,e
wheyno ug et fuae clel ll ightt,h e'resf ivteh ignsg oign
intoa fueclel l.
Chralijeus tw alkeidnt ot he room 'asgn odig n htesoa ys moe-
thinagb ouhti ss uitin.g Hisl egwse rteo os ho.r t Whewne
walkoeudt ofs utihrteo oymo us aidy oulre gwse rteo os hort
andI said",C hlair.e"
DUKE Wel,l wIa sr elalyk iddign lai ttblie.t 'rheryea llfye lt a
littlet ightb,u tI askefdo rt hem bteto i hgtb eacuseC lyde
said that thweoyu ld stretcha nd sureen ought hey did. On
thes urfea,tc hefye lfti n.e
YOUNG I'll telly out hta fasetnedri d'nts tretmcuchh.
DUKE Thawta s t�hiep pperro bml eittu rnoeud,t n ota suiftit
probl.e Im hadt hes ame problweimt Jho h'nso nP DId ayt hat
heh adw itmhi nteh ed ayb efroe. Wheny oup ultlh er esrtaitn
zippert oget,h eirdtos en'tl ief laitn tmhied dolfe tbhacek .
2-4
DUKE Itg ievsa sort osfre ieosf W 's,a ndw heyno ut ryt op ulilt
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acrostsh eriet kteast hreeh andtso r ealldyo .i t
YOUNG Chrali,ey ourjsus tw asn'tm akinong tfhier sdta .y Itw as
cmoincglo se. Itr eallwya sn ervo.u Is thougehvte rEyV A
woulbde t hel asbte cuase I dind'tk nowwh etheIrd' makteh e
restrta zipinpeerv ertymi e.
DUKE Thef itw asf in,et hogh�u �ftewre g oto uto nt hes urfacaen d
gotp resrsizued.
YOUNG Ye.s Thet ihgtery ouc an geitt, tbhete tre offy o'uer goign
tob ew heyno up utt hat psii nt hree.
3.5
DUKE Buts uree nou,gp hrefhlti,gg oign outth,e fye lat l ittle
tihgtt om e.B utI 'ads kefdo ri t, soI could'ntc mopali.n
MATTNIGLYH ady ouc hanegdi ts icnet hel asttmi ey ouw oriet ?
YOUNG No. Wel,l tphreo blweem giontt toh ree, andm aybwee c uold
havaevo idedi t, ist ha,t cauo ploef t imesp refglhitw ith
the gfhltsi utis, Chraliaen dI zpipeeda coht hejrus t tsoe e
howh artdh awto ulbde. Wer ana boufto ur foirv seu idt e
exreciss weherwee d onntehde s uitsi nt hee venianngdw orked
fora cuoploef h ousr insei tdheb ulidign wherteh eQ Cg uys
couldw actht hes utis, atnhde f irsctuo ploef t miesw et reid
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