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Dr. Aldrin's intellectual contributions to manned spaceflight are unfortunately overlooked. He was known as “Doctor Rendezvous”, and he didn't just fly orbital
by GlenTheMachine 8y ago
Dr. Aldrin's intellectual contributions to manned spaceflight are unfortunately overlooked. He was known as “Doctor Rendezvous”, and he didn't just fly orbital rendezvous missions, he actually helped invent the techniques and then got to demonstrate them on orbit.
Buzz is my hero. He does not deserve to be in Neil Armstrong's shadow.
- fipple 8y agoHe isn’t really in Neil Armstrong’s shadow because he chose to be a highly public figure and Armstrong retreated to a private life. He is now much more of a celebrity with his punch and everything.
- stmw 8y agoIndeed - the early astronauts' stick-and-rudder flying skills and physical and mental stamina get a lot of appreciation, less than their MIT rocket science PhD's that led to practical conclusions e.g.: "From the above conclusions, the first guiding rule for initiating the transition from the waiting orbit to the intercept trajectory can be formulated: Simply stay in the waiting orbit until the target reaches the angle 3 from the local vertical, then apply the nominal deltaV in the direction a."
- AceyMan 8y agoI find this interesting, >Simply stay in the waiting orbit until the target reaches the angle 3 from the local vertical [...] On terrestrial flight (airplanes) the standard approach to landing glidepath is 3°, while the standard rate turn is 3°/sec (a "two minute turn") — I wonder if 3 degrees is some magic value in flight dynamics, perhaps determined by our local (Eatths's) gravitational force (G). /Acey Disclaimer: I haven't read Buzz's thesis, so this is purely an off the cuff observation.