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> Most important of all, the tests gave us a tremendous amount of time and experience on the spacecraft. Surely they mean man-hours and not aggregate time. Apo
by dotancohen 3y ago
> Most important of all, the tests gave us a tremendous amount of time and experience on the spacecraft.
Surely they mean man-hours and not aggregate time. Apollo 8 was only a year and a half after the Apollo 1 fire, and much of the spacecraft was redesigned afterward.
- sandworm101 3y agoI think they meant aggregate. Remember that most of the people leading the Mercury/Gemini/Apollo charge had WWII experience. Safety was based on "at least nobody is currently shooting at us" and development cycles were influenced by the fasttrack programs during the war. Similar trends happened in other areas (motor racing). Those with wartime experience just shrugged off safety, accepting danger as they did during the war.