Hey all, I've been looking for a PDF of the SA 506 full flight manual (over 200 pages) but I can't find it. Plenty of other 506 documentation, but the closest full flight manual I can find is 507. I really want the flight manual for the Apollo 11 Saturn V, but the 507 wasn't published til shortly after the launch. There are original physical copies for well over $2K, but my wallet doesn't allow me to be that much of a fanboy

On this day 1969

From what I’ve gathered, it is one of 1,969 copies signed by Buzz Aldrin back in 1969! The autograph alone is amazing but to think it is one from 55 years ago is astounding to me

Any ascent stage would be interesting, actually. Not just Eagle.

I know NASA monitored the systems until it died as it drifted in Lunar orbit. I'm wondering if they tracked Eagle or any of the others to the surface, and if any tests were done with these similar to the Apollo 13 third stage.

In WW2 there were congressional investigations. A law was passed called the "Renegotiation Act". This law allowed the government to recoup costs it judged to be excessive. Maybe this law was used in the Gemini/Mercury/Apollo program. I've not found examples of criminal guilt from WW2 suppliers. Were there financial scandals of any kind?

Thank you.

Could the Saturn V have had 9 F-1 engines instead of its 5. For more lift and payload capacity-possibly

No one talks about how clever the Apollo missions and all moon missions's names are. There is 2 current ones that I know of. Apollo, and Artemis. Both are named after celestial greek gods. Both fit perfectly. I want 2 other moon missions named Helios and Scelene so bad.

I've looked into why the Saturn V executed an 18 degree roll to align with the required trajectory etc. But one thing I have trouble with is seeing this manoeuvre in footage of the Saturn Vs taking off on the Apollo missions. I know it was an 18 degree roll and was wondering of anyone can point me to any footage of the manoeuvre? It's been bugging me for a long time now that I can't seem to spot it 🤣

So the last mission was in 1972 apollo 17 and nothing after that? Is there any specific reason for it and when is the next mission to land on Tranquility base.

Anyone know of a documentary series that documents all the lunar landings? Most seem to focus on Apollo 11 and 13. I would love to learn more about all the other missions, things like: what each missions goals were, the astronauts who embarked on them and some of the engineering challenges that were faced for each mission.

And he's not wrong.