Hello! Since this is a question regarding real-life space history; not the game, I chose to put it here. Anyhoo; I'm replaying the AMSO AS-506 mission and so far everything'd go approaching LM Extraction. There's a piece of dialogue that occurs earlier in the flight; just prior to S-IVB separation Capcom Bruce McCandless questions CDR Neil Armstrong about his descision to only arm Pyro Bus A; rather than both. Neil's response is "My intent is to use bottle Primary 1, as per the checklist; therefore, I just turned A on."
Question: Crew and ground staff has rehearsed this flight thousands of times. Procedure should be automatic at this stage. But Armstrong seems to be taking a shortcut here. The question is how much leeway did the astronauts have when following the checklist? Obviously as pilots; the flight crew have the final say in what they do in the cockpit but T&D would have been one of the most heavily rehearsed sections of the flight. Bruce recommends Neil arm Pyro Bus B but leaves it up to the CDR - it's obviously a minor point. So how much leeway and freedom of action did the astronauts actually have when following the checklist? Just curious.
Wups; extraction coming up in 10 mins., back to the spaceship.
Question: Crew and ground staff has rehearsed this flight thousands of times. Procedure should be automatic at this stage. But Armstrong seems to be taking a shortcut here. The question is how much leeway did the astronauts have when following the checklist? Obviously as pilots; the flight crew have the final say in what they do in the cockpit but T&D would have been one of the most heavily rehearsed sections of the flight. Bruce recommends Neil arm Pyro Bus B but leaves it up to the CDR - it's obviously a minor point. So how much leeway and freedom of action did the astronauts actually have when following the checklist? Just curious.
Wups; extraction coming up in 10 mins., back to the spaceship.