Help me understand transposition and docking.
this procedure occurs after TLI right?
so the stack is travelling towards the moon at thousands of miles an hour right?
the CSM separates, so now the CSM and the stack are travelling separately but in the same direction.
the CSM performs a 180 degree turn…and the CSM is still travelling towards the moon.
Does the CSM actually engage its thrusters and change direction towards the stack that is travelling toward it? Why doesn’t it just slow down a bit (while still travelling towards the moon) and allow the stack to catch up to it and then dock?
im having trouble understanding how the CSM does a 180 and then flies towards the stack…is the CSM actually travelling away from the moon during that procedure? So it’s travelling thousands of miles an hour towards the moon, rotates, STOPs, then flies away from the moon to engage the LM Which is travelling thousands of miles an hour towards the moon?
Apollo 13 the movie makes it look like all the objects are just floating in space and not moving at any velocity.
this procedure occurs after TLI right?
so the stack is travelling towards the moon at thousands of miles an hour right?
the CSM separates, so now the CSM and the stack are travelling separately but in the same direction.
the CSM performs a 180 degree turn…and the CSM is still travelling towards the moon.
Does the CSM actually engage its thrusters and change direction towards the stack that is travelling toward it? Why doesn’t it just slow down a bit (while still travelling towards the moon) and allow the stack to catch up to it and then dock?
im having trouble understanding how the CSM does a 180 and then flies towards the stack…is the CSM actually travelling away from the moon during that procedure? So it’s travelling thousands of miles an hour towards the moon, rotates, STOPs, then flies away from the moon to engage the LM Which is travelling thousands of miles an hour towards the moon?
Apollo 13 the movie makes it look like all the objects are just floating in space and not moving at any velocity.