• Skylab reboost

    From bob haller@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 8 19:27:25 2016
    On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 9:44:58 PM UTC-4, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote:
    I was reading up a bit on stuff and came across a question I never gave much thought to.

    Assuming that the proposed Skylab 5 mission HAD in fact been flown. How high could the Apollo CSM have boosted Skylab?

    Could it have taken the thrust from the CSM main engine (which had the most fuel available) or only the quads?

    And if so, how high?

    I'm trying to find some numbers, but not finding much luck right now.

    the sad part.......

    all the hadware for a reboost, all space certified was let to rot in the weather.......

    such a loss

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  • From Jeff Findley@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 9 07:28:46 2016
    In article <2d96fb4a-b7d6-44b1-aff1-db7856c3852a@googlegroups.com>, hallerb@aol.com says...

    On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 9:44:58 PM UTC-4, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote:
    I was reading up a bit on stuff and came across a question I never gave much
    thought to.

    Assuming that the proposed Skylab 5 mission HAD in fact been flown. How high
    could the Apollo CSM have boosted Skylab?

    Could it have taken the thrust from the CSM main engine (which had the most fuel available) or only the quads?

    And if so, how high?

    I'm trying to find some numbers, but not finding much luck right now.

    the sad part.......

    all the hadware for a reboost, all space certified was let to rot in the weather.......

    such a loss

    Bitching about something that happened, or didn't happen, over 40 years
    ago is kind of pointless and ads nothing to the discussion. The
    discussion is about exactly how much the proposed Skylab 5 mission could
    have boosted Skylab's orbit.

    Jeff
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