Apollo 17: The NASA Mission Reports, Vol. 2 Book

	Introduction	6
	Editor's Introduction	10
	Press Kit
	Comparison of Lunar Science Before & After Apollo	13
	Apollo 17 Mission Objectives	18
	Launch Operations	19
	Countdown	20
	Launch Windows	21
	Ground Elapsed Time Update	22
	Launch and Mission Profile	23
	Launch Events	24
	Mission Events	26
	EVA Mission Events	29
	Apollo 17 Landing Site	37
	Lunar Surface Science	38
	S-IVB Lunar Impact	38
	Alsep	39
	SNAP-27	41
	Heat Flow Experiment	43
	Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites	43
	Lunar Seismic Profiling	43
	Lunar Atmospheric Composition Experiment	46
	Lunar Surface Gravimeter	46
	Traverse Gravimeter	46
	Surface Electrical Properties	47
	Lunar Neutron Probe	48
	Soil Mechanics	49
	Lunar Geology Investigation	50
	Lunar Geology Hand Tools	52
	Long Term Surface Exposure Experiment	53
	Lunar Orbital Science	56
	Lunar Sounder	56
	Infrared Scanning Radiometer	59
	Far-Ultraviolet Spectrometer	59
	Gamma Ray Spectrometer	60
	Panoramic Camera	60
	Mapping Camera	60
	Laser Altimeter	61
	CSM/LM S-Band Transponder	61
	Apollo Window Meteoroid	61
	Medical Tests and Experiments	62
	Visual Light Flash Phenomenon	62
	Biocore	62
	Biostack	62
	Cardiovascular Conditioning Garment	63
	Skylab Mobile Laboratories Field Test	63
	Food Compatibility Assessment	63
	Engineering/Operational Tests & Demonstration	63
	Heat Flow and Convection	63
	Skylab Contamination Study	64
	Lunar Roving Vehicle	64
	General Description	65
	Mobility System	65
	Crew Station	66
	Power System	67
	Navigation System	67
	Thermal Control	67
	Stowage and Deployment	67
	Lunar Communications Relay Unit	72
	Television & Ground Commanded Television Assembly	73
	Photographic Equipment	74
	Astronaut Equipment	75
	Space Suit	75
	Personal Hygiene	77
	Survival Kit	77
	Medical Kits	77
	Crew Food System	77
	Apollo 17 Menu	78
	Saturn V Launch Vehicle	81
	Apollo Spacecraft	83
	Launch Escape System	83
	Command Module	83
	Service Module	83
	Spacecraft-LM adapter Structure	83
	Lunar Module	83
	Crew Biographies	86
	Spaceflight Tracking & Data Support Network	91
	NASA Communications Network (NASCOM)	91
	Environmental Impact of Apollo/Saturn V Mission	93
	Program Management	94
	Conversion Table	96
	Tables and Illustrations
	Site Science Rationale	18
	Apollo 17 Flight Profile	22
	Comparison of Apollo Missions	23
	Apollo 17 Descent Orbit Insertion Maneuvers	24
	Apollo 17 Lunar Orbit Insertion	25
	Apollo 17 CSM/LM Landing Events	25
	Powered Descent Vehicle Positions	27
	Apollo 17 Approach Phase	28
	Field of View	28
	Film Retrieval from the SIM Bay	29
	Apollo 17 Crew Post Landing Activities	29
	Apollo 17 Recovery	31
	Apollo 17 VS Apollo 16 Operational Differences	31
	Apollo 17 LRV Traverses	32
	View From Commander's Window	33
	Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Timeline	33
	Apollo 17 Traverse Station Timeline - EVA 1	34
	Apollo 17 Traverse Station Timeline - EVA 2	34
	Apollo 17 Traverse Station Timeline - EVA 3	35
	Apollo 17 EVA 1 Timeline	35
	Apollo 17 EVA 2 Timeline	36
	Apollo 17 EVA 3 Timeline	36
	Apollo 17 Near LM Lunar Surface Activity	37
	Schematic of Taurus-Littrow Landing Site	38
	Geologic Map of Apollo 17 Landing Site	39
	S-IVB/IU Impact	40
	Apollo 17 ALSEP Deployment	41
	Apollo Lunar Surface Science Mission Assignments	42
	Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment	44
	LSPE Charge Deployment in LM Area	45
	LSPE Charge Deployment Plan	45
	Apollo 17 Traverse Gravimeter	47
	Surface Electrical Properties Experiment	48
	S-229 Lunar Neutron Probe	49
	Apollo 17 LRV Traverses	50
	Lunar Geology Sample Containers	54
	Lunar Geology Equipment	54
	Comparison of Lunar Surface Activities	56
	Apollo Orbital Science Mission Assignments	57
	Apollo 17 SIM Bay	58
	Apollo 17 Lunar Sounder Configuration	58
	Apollo Lunar Orbit Photographic Coverage	61
	Lunar Field Geology Equipment Stowage on LRV	68
	LRV Deployment Sequence	69
	Hand Controller	70
	LRV Wheel	70
	LRV Crew Station Components - Control & Display Console	71
	LRV Components and Dimensions	71
	LRV Without Stowed Payload	72
	Apollo 17 Television Events	74
	Extravehicular Mobility Unit	76
	Saturn V Launch Vehicle	82
	Command Module/Service Module	84
	Lunar Module	85
	Tracking Stations	93
	Pre-Mission Operation Report
	Summary of Apollo/Saturn Flights	99
	NASA OMSF Mission Objectives for Apollo 17	100
	Primary Objectives	100
	Mission Operations	100
	Launch Through Translunar Injection	101
	Translunar Coast Through Lunar Orbit Insertion	101
	Descent Orbit Insertion Through Landing	102
	Landing Site (Littrow Region)	102
	Lunar Surface Operations	104
	EVA Periods	104
	First EVA Period	104
	Second and Third EVA Periods	105
	Lunar Orbit Operations	105
	Post-LM Jettison Lunar Orbit Science	109
	Transearth Injection Through Landing	109
	Post-Landing Operations	110
	Flight Crew Recovery	110
	CM and Data Retrieval Operations	110
	Alternate Missions	110
	Earth Orbit	110
	Lunar Orbit	111
	CSM/LM (Operable DPS)	111
	CSM/LM Inoperable DPS	111
	CSM Alone	111
	CSM Alone (From Landing Abort)	111
	Experiments, Detailed Objectives, In-Flight Demos & Op. Tests	111
	Experiments	112
	Detailed Objectives	115
	Inflight Demonstration	115
	Operational Tests	116
	Mission Configuration and Differences	117
	Flight Crew Data	119
	Mission Management Responsibility	120
	Abbreviations and Acronyms	120
	List of Figures
1	Apollo 17 Flight Profile	101
2	CSM/LM Landing Events	103
3	Apollo 17 Landing Site	104
4	Taurus-Littrow LRV Traverses	105
5	Near LM Lunar Surface Activity	106
6	Apollo 17 ALSEP Deployment	106
7	Apollo 17 EVA-1 Timeline	107
8	Apollo 17 EVA-2 Timeline	108
9	Apollo 17 EVA-3 Timeline	108
10	Apollo 17 Prime Crew	119
	List of Tables
1	Launch Windows	100
2	TV and Photographic Equipment	118
	Post Mission Operation Report
	NASA OMSF Mission Objectives for Apollo 17	122
	Primary Objectives	122
	Assessment of the Apollo 17 Mission	122
	Introduction	123
	Prelaunch	123
	Launch, Earth Parking Orbit & Translunar Injection	123
	Translunar Coast	123
	Lunar Orbit Insertion and S-IVB Impact	124
	Descent Orbit Undocking Powered Descent & Landing	125
	Lunar Surface	125
	Ascent, Rendezvous, Docking, and LM Impact	126
	Transearth Injection and Coast	126
	Entry and Landing	127
	Astronaut Recovery Operations	127
	Command Module Retrieval Operations	127
	Systems Performance	127
	Flight Crew Performance	127
	Surface Science	128
	Experiment Summary	130
	Inflight Science	130
	List of Tables
1	Objectives & Experiments Primary Objectives	135
2	Apollo 17 Achievements	136
3	Powered Flight Sequence of Events	136
4	Mission Sequence of Events	137
5	Translunar and Maneuver Summary	138
6	Lunar Orbit Summary	139
7	Lunar Orbit Summary	139
8	Transearth Maneuver Summary	140
9	Consumables Summary	141
10	LSP Explosive PKG Events	142
11	SA-512 Launch Vehicle Discrepancy Summary	143
12	CSM 112 Disrecpancy Summary	143
13	LM 12 Discrepancy Summary	143
14	Lunar Roving Vehicle Discrepancy Summary	143
15	Crew/Equipment Discrepancy Summary	143
	Technical Crew Debriefing
1.0	Suiting and Ingress	145
2.0	Status Checks and Countdown	145
3.0	Powered Flight	146
4.0	Earth Orbit and Systems Checkout	150
5.0	TLI Through S-IVB Closeout	150
6.0	Translunar Coast	152
7.0	LOI, DOI, Lunar Module Checkout	154
8.0	Activation Through Separation	156
9.0	Separation Through LM Touchdown	157
9.1	Command Module	157
9.2	Lunar Module	158
10.0	Lunar Surface	160
10.1	First EVA, Massif	161
10.2	Second EVA, South Massif	165
10.3	Third EVA, North Massif	166
11.0	CSM Circumlunar Operations	169
12.0	Lift-Off, Rendezvous, and Docking	172
13.0	Lunar Module Jettison Through TEI	175
14.0	Transearth Coast	178
15.0	Entry	182
16.0	Landing and Recovery	186
17.0	Training	188
18.0	Command Module Systems Operations	197
19.0	Lunar Module Systems Operations	202
19.1	PGNCS	204
19.2	AGS	204
19.3	Propulsion System	205
19.4	Reaction Control System	205
19.5	Electrical Power System	206
19.6	Environmental Control System	206
19.7	Telecommunications	207
20.0	LRV Operations	212
21.0	EMU Systems	214
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Continent $0.00 - World $0.00 WonderClub (9296 total ratings) Question Concerning Apollo 17 Ask a Question about Apollo 17 No Question found! Read Reviews for Apollo 17: The NASA Mission Reports, Vol. 2 Write review Lj Lausberg reviewed Apollo 17: The NASA Mission Reports, Vol. 2 on May 06, 2010 Apollo 17: The NASA Mission Reports, Vol. 2 2009 was not that long ago, and yet this book, which came out in that year, feels incredibly dated. On the other hand, one of the few virtues of this book is that it is an illuminating time capsule, illustrating just how different the space industry was just a decade ago. This book is essentially about the rise of "New Space" (although Bizony rarely uses the term). A mere decade ago it looked like the space industry was set to be completely overturned by the advent of a host of new firms offering space launch capacity at a mere fraction of the cost of traditional government and large aerospace launches. As of late 2017, there is basically only one player left standing, a relatively late entrant, and in many ways the most conservative of all "New Space" (but still radical compared to ESA, NASA, and the Russian space agency), and that is Elon Musk's SpaceX. Orbital Science Corporation's Antares is struggling, Jeff Bezo's Blue Origin is running a much more low key operation, and Virgin Galactic is as far as I can ascertain all but dead having suffered an engine explosion during testing (in 2007) and a fatal inflight breakup (in 2014). Most of the other players are likewise either keeping an extremely low profile or are effectively dead. SpaceX oddly both affirms some and throws into doubt other heavily libertarian inflected premises of New Space. On the one hand, Musk and his company have not only produced a rocket booster that is every bit as reliable and capable as any of the legacy boosters (yes, SpaceX has had a few launch disasters, every booster yet made has had failures) but has far exceeded what NASA has ever been able to accomplish with the traditional rocket. Namely, SpaceX has succeeded not just in making a first stage return and land by itself but has done so several times and has reused these stages. NASA could have done this years ago, had they been so moved. So, perhaps there is something to the critique of the failings of certain heavily bureaucratic organizations. But on the other hand, New Space never succeeded in creating a market for private space travel. SpaceX, for all of its innovative ideas and technical achievements remains slotted into the existing system which is primarily dominated by the needs of the military, other government, or large corporations. In some ways, Musk has demonstrated how skilled a "government entrepreneur" he is (following from Stephen Adam's characterization of Henry J. Kaiser as a private businessman whose greatest customer was the federal government in his book "Mr. Kaiser Goes to Washington".) Instead of a Smithian free market, we are perhaps seeing the rise of a new monopoly where a single corporation, SpaceX, will take an increasingly large share away from legacy rocket builders without creating an actual free market. This indicates the degree to which libertarians have deeply misunderstood what Adam Smith had to say about laissez-faire and the market. He didn't see *government* (per se) as the threat to free markets, he saw *corporations* as being the largest threat to such markets, aided and abetted by national governments (think East India Company). But this discussion is beyond the remit of this review. The rise and fall of New Space (as an overall movement) is fascinating and if we are lucky might well be told someday. However, this book does a very poor job of even beginning to explain New Space. Six years ago I reviewed Bizony's THE MAN WHO RAN THE MOON which was likewise built around a great idea but poorly executed. Although Bizony tries very hard to make this book an introduction to "rocket engineering" (I follow space historian Michael Neufeld [VON BRAUN, THE ROCKET AND THE REICH] in calling it "engineering", not "science"), the effort founders on a number of fronts. The most significant one at the top level is his presumption that space tourism was on the threshold (in 2009) of being a viable industry/market. Even though we live in very much a new "Gilded Age" of income disparity and great fortunes held by a few, these people are really not beating down the doors to take a 15 minute joyride into space. SpaceX was not quite alone in New Space in eschewing tourism but was certainly in the minority in doing so. Its reward for focusing on traditional markets has paid off handsomely. Bizony barely even addresses the advent of New Space in historical terms or even does any significant place setting (think of what the first page of any classic kids book manages to do). The book is effectively a catalog of now mostly defunct companies and ideas. As a historically minded sociologist, this lack of context is extremely irksome. The overall tone of the work is also galling. It basically reads as nothing more than a 200+ page "puff piece" that you could encounter in a popular science and technology magazine, and might be too "boosterist" for even that venue. Bizony writes as if the new day of space tourism was just around the corner and not, as we have seen, dead on arrival even in an age of sufficient disposable income. By not focusing on the traditional space business, Bizony gravely weakens his analysis. It doesn't help that the book is liberally *strewn* with technical and factual errors. I am not sure who did the fact checking, but they failed. Here are some of the more egregious errors. -Orbital velocity IS NOT MACH 9! (see p. 12 and p. 54). Orbital velocity, ~17,500 mph or 7.8 kps, is actually MACH 25.4! -The X-15 rocket plane WAS NOT MADE OF TITANIUM!(p. 58) The reason the X-15 was so heavy was that substantial parts of it were made of a nickel steel alloy called Inconel-X These are clear errors, others are more obviously bad writing, such as: -The Apollo 13 mission did not "blow up" (p.117), which leaves me with the impression of the *entire ship* blowing up and Lovell, Haise, and Swigert drifting in space. Rather *part* of the ship, namely the LOX tanks in the Service Module, are what blew up and crippled the ship. I don't think I am being pedantic here. -While indeed all space debris is traveling at orbital velocity (7.8 kps or 17,500 mph), the actual closing speed between two orbiting objects is unlikely to be this high (p. 146). That's because most objects are orbiting west to east and within a fairly narrow inclination with the equator. These objects can still hit at hundreds of miles an hour though, but since both are by definition already in orbit, the discrepancy between these two is unlikely to be the full orbital velocity. -The author is careless with his language in discussing low earth versus geosynchronous orbits on p. 31. He shows he understands the concept but omits key clarifying words. (This is only a partial catalog, I do not possess the time or inclination to list all the errors.) Finally, there is Bizony's execrable prose. While the absolute nadir of American popular non-fiction prose for me remains the work of Tom Friedman, Bizony is closer to that end of the spectrum than not. I loathed so many of his turns of phrase, in particular his efforts to be "relaxed" such as saying "zillions" or this phrase describing the onset of calcium loss in human bones in zero-G "In space, those 'ol bones shed calcium at an alarming rate..."(p. 149) Or a phrase like "...Europeans got the 'gunpowder bug' in the 1300's and have used it since for... well, guns basically. (p. 21) And there is the following infelicity in language, describing how after the Soviets launched an unmanned "Zond" capsule on a free return trajectory to go around the moon: "...NASA sent its Apollo 8 crew capsule on a precisely similar trajectory in December 1968..." (p. 168). There is no such animal as "precisely similar". It is either *precisely* the same trajectory or it is *not*. NASA sent Apollo 8 on a *similar* trajectory - *end of story*! As you may be able to tell, this book sapped my patience. The one saving grace was that I read it extremely quickly and being a space geek like Bizony himself apparently I did glean much of use from it, unfortunately much of it in terms of negative lessons from it, which is why this is a two star and not a one star review. All that said, however, I really cannot recommend this book. It is not a good introduction to space travel, it is not a good record of New Space or even the basics of the overall space launch industry in general. It is loaded with factual and analytical errors, and its prose is often dreadful. However, if you are a well informed and careful reader, like me you can probably get something from it. Not generally recommended for most readers. Login   |   Complaints   |   Blog   |   Games   |   Digital Media   |   Souls   |   Obituary   |   Contact Us   |   FAQ CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? CLICK HERE!!! 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