/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12655414
It's a very small data set and they all had to be good boys and follow instructions (mostly), or else they wouldn't have been picked. And as the program developed, naturally the later missions were more ambitious. What makes the comparisons interesting is the general profile idea (suggesting a norm), versus the individual character of each mission (which always defeats that idea). Along the same lines, here's a sheet specifically on LM flight and stay times. Apollo 16 had a platform problem which required orbiting longer than anybody else, yet Cernan's combined logged LM time (and going twice) naturally made him the most experienced LM pilot. This, despite his personal freakout during the 10 episode. It's interesting to read the transcripts on 10. Cernan is constantly cursing, "they'll kill us yet". He's uneasy all round the period before and after Snoopy's staging, while Stafford keeps cool. The importance of crew psychology.