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To: F15Eagle

If memory serves, the second state used the also powerful J-1 engines.

You may remember Apollo 13 2nd stage inboard engine cut out before they reached orbit. The other four finished the job quite nicely.


22 posted on 08/19/2014 10:54:06 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: MichaelCorleone

That was a cutoff from the AGC computer—it detected POGO oscillation in the feeds to the center engine and shut it down to save the rest of the engines, vehicle and crew.


34 posted on 08/20/2014 6:38:26 PM PDT by Rca2000
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