[AR] Re: clusters and reliability (was Re: Re: 3 no 4 no 5 legs.)
- From: Nels Anderson <nels.anderson@xxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:56:38 +0000
On 01/22/2016 08:27 PM, Henry Spencer wrote:
The Saturn V just closed down the offender and carried
on, not even making any attempt to adjust guidance etc.; the result
could get odd, as witness the rather strange trajectory Apollo 6 ended
up following after a double engine failure (!) on the second stage, but
it needed less care.
I believe that, because of a wiring error, it was actually a good
second-stage engine that was deliberately shut down on Apollo 6, while
the bad engine went on to fail benignly of its own accord. Subsequently
cable lengths were adjusted to make it impossible to miswire the engines.
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