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Apollo 1 was very much not production hardware. "The Vintage Space" channel on YT has a good rundown, "Duplicate Apollo Spacecraft". They didn't lose any crew o
by angiosperm 3y ago
Apollo 1 was very much not production hardware. "The Vintage Space" channel on YT has a good rundown, "Duplicate Apollo Spacecraft". They didn't lose any crew on production hardware, although 13 was close.
- mulmen 3y agoAS-204 was absolutely production hardware. The later hardware was different because three people died. They died in rehearsal for an actual mission. > Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was planned to be the first crewed mission of the Apollo program. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1
- angiosperm 3y agoThe second version was already starting production when three people died. There was never any intention to build any more of the first one, or to send it beyond low Earth orbit.
- mulmen 3y agoChanges were made based on the fire. The capsule was “production” in the sense that it was going to carry people. It doesn’t need to be mass produced to be “prod”. It’s prod like “this instance matters”.
- angiosperm 3y agoApollo 1 should have been production like it mattered. But instead the first prototype was pressed into service because the real one wasn't ready yet. The fire was proof.
- mulmen 3y ago“In service” and “production” are synonymous in this case.
- angiosperm 3y agoNot as it turned out.