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Post by Jason Thompson on May 14, 2006 18:00:44 GMT -4
Why was the LM flown on Apollo 5 legless? I read somewhere that this was done to fit the LM onto the vehicle, but surely the S-IVB stage of the Saturn IB was the same size as that on a Saturn V? Why could it fit one and not the other, or was this not actually the reason?
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Post by echnaton on May 14, 2006 19:03:28 GMT -4
My recollection was that it was combination of things. The legs were not needed for the test and could only cause a problem if they didn’t deploy properly. It saved money.
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Post by PhantomWolf on May 15, 2006 7:25:32 GMT -4
The test was to check it's flight abilities, not it's landing ones, the legs weren't needed so they were just excess weight that would require more fuel to lift.
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