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Is there any evidence that testing was skipped? It seems to me, testing may likely be more robust now simply because we've learned more and have a greater under
by bumby 5y ago
Is there any evidence that testing was skipped? It seems to me, testing may likely be more robust now simply because we've learned more and have a greater understanding of failure modes, rather than previous a deliberate skimping of testing during Apollo
- WalterBright 5y agoI've read a couple of books on how several Apollo test missions were skipped and they went straight to the landing shot. They were skipped in order to meet the time goals, and made a lot of people nervous. One system they had big problems with were the Saturn V engines, which had a tendency to violently pogo (dynamic instability). The Russian moon program had the same problem, and they gave up on it.