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Post by Moon Man on Dec 16, 2006 12:39:01 GMT -4
the last step on the ladder of the lander designed to be 3 to 4 feet off the ground..?
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Post by Grand Lunar on Dec 16, 2006 13:50:49 GMT -4
It had to do with how the shock absorbers worked.
Rather than use heavy pneumatics or hydraulics, the legs were made with a crushable section.
Because of this, it behoved designers not to make the ladder the full length of the leg. Otherwise, damage could result.
Besides, they only had to jump up to get to it. Not too hard in 1/6 gravity.
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Post by Obviousman on Dec 16, 2006 16:47:46 GMT -4
And the landing was not as hard as expected, so the sections didn't crush down as much as had been planned. That's why Armstrong checked he could jump back up again.
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Post by Jason Thompson on Dec 16, 2006 19:39:11 GMT -4
And once he found he could, it was decided not to add any more weight to future LMs by extending the ladder.
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Post by dwight on Dec 17, 2006 12:16:10 GMT -4
Moon Man you really ought to know something that trivial. I mean what having researched so much of the Apollo record and all. BTW how is you application to the Orion project going. Imagine the whistleblowing you could do? Dont be scared, they hire BSA's as you continually point out to us, so you would fight right in.
Oh yeah I have on official word from Robert Oppenheimer, who I am certain was on the ladder design team, that 5 feet was deemed way, and I mean _WAY_ too high. I recall he said if they made it 5 feet high he would become death, the destroyer of worlds.
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