Yes, nice detective work! Talking about Hail Marys, now we need @DJSnM to explain how the Apollo astronauts were planning to manually pilot the Saturn V in case of an anomaly during ascent!https://twitter.com/LongHairNasaGuy/status/1140308167378665472 …
Manually piloting rockets is surprisingly easy..... assuming you have the right instrumentation.
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Xbox gamepad?
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And unlimited fuel.
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the term 'manual' is rather ambiguous: a spectrum ranging from direct control of aerodynamic surfaces / RCS valves / gimbal angles ... all the way to 'Siri, take me to the moon'. Those 'manual' lunar landings had a lot of AGC help.
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@MigOnMars knows quite well. He was responsible for Curiosity's sky-crane landing system.
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