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re: The 'steely-eyed' thread
Posted on 6/5/21 at 1:10 pm to cgrand
Posted on 6/5/21 at 1:10 pm to cgrand
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cgrand
Out of curiosity a while back, I looked up to see if I could find more on that picture and who they were. I came to a site that had some information about who they were https://publicdelivery.org/roger-ballen-twins/
Anyway it had this picture on it, which I guess is them older. I know it's not really much to do with the topic, but thought it was interesting to see.
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Posted on 6/5/21 at 1:22 pm to ldts
John Aaron. The “steely eyed missile man” This man saved Apollo 12
When Apollo 12 launched on November 14, 1969, Aaron was on shift. Thirty-six seconds after liftoff, the spacecraft was struck by lightning, causing a power surge. Instruments began to malfunction and telemetry data became garbled. The flight director, Gerry Griffin, expected that he would have to abort the mission. However, Aaron realized that he had previously seen this odd pattern of telemetry.
A year before the flight, Aaron had been observing a test at Kennedy Space Center when he had noticed some unusual telemetry readings. On his own initiative, he traced this anomaly back to the obscure Signal Conditioning Electronics (SCE) system, and became one of the few flight controllers who was familiar with the system and its operations. For the case that first drew his attention to the system, normal readings could be restored by putting the SCE on its auxiliary setting, which meant that it would operate even with low-voltage conditions.
Aaron surmised that this setting would also return the Apollo 12 telemetry to normal. When he made the recommendation to the Flight Director, "Flight, try SCE to Aux", most of his mission control colleagues had no idea what he was talking about. Both the flight director and the CAPCOM Gerald P. Carr asked him to repeat the recommendation. Aaron repeated himself and Carr responded "What the hell's that?" Yet he relayed the order to the crew: "Apollo 12, Houston. Try SCE to auxiliary." Fortunately Alan Bean was familiar with the location of the SCE switch inside the capsule, and flipped it to aux. Telemetry was immediately restored, allowing the mission to continue. This earned Aaron the lasting respect of his colleagues, who declared that he was a "steely-eyed missile man".[1][3]
When Apollo 12 launched on November 14, 1969, Aaron was on shift. Thirty-six seconds after liftoff, the spacecraft was struck by lightning, causing a power surge. Instruments began to malfunction and telemetry data became garbled. The flight director, Gerry Griffin, expected that he would have to abort the mission. However, Aaron realized that he had previously seen this odd pattern of telemetry.
A year before the flight, Aaron had been observing a test at Kennedy Space Center when he had noticed some unusual telemetry readings. On his own initiative, he traced this anomaly back to the obscure Signal Conditioning Electronics (SCE) system, and became one of the few flight controllers who was familiar with the system and its operations. For the case that first drew his attention to the system, normal readings could be restored by putting the SCE on its auxiliary setting, which meant that it would operate even with low-voltage conditions.
Aaron surmised that this setting would also return the Apollo 12 telemetry to normal. When he made the recommendation to the Flight Director, "Flight, try SCE to Aux", most of his mission control colleagues had no idea what he was talking about. Both the flight director and the CAPCOM Gerald P. Carr asked him to repeat the recommendation. Aaron repeated himself and Carr responded "What the hell's that?" Yet he relayed the order to the crew: "Apollo 12, Houston. Try SCE to auxiliary." Fortunately Alan Bean was familiar with the location of the SCE switch inside the capsule, and flipped it to aux. Telemetry was immediately restored, allowing the mission to continue. This earned Aaron the lasting respect of his colleagues, who declared that he was a "steely-eyed missile man".[1][3]
This post was edited on 6/5/21 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 6/5/21 at 1:59 pm to TrueTiger
Posted on 6/5/21 at 2:00 pm to Jim Rockford
Lol what a dork
/mostsarcasmpossible
/mostsarcasmpossible
Posted on 6/5/21 at 2:00 pm to TrueTiger
Posted on 6/5/21 at 2:18 pm to TrueTiger
Posted on 6/5/21 at 3:12 pm to TrueTiger
This is the answer
Posted on 6/5/21 at 4:12 pm to TrueTiger
john aaron...
" flight controller John Aaron's quick thinking saved the Apollo 12 mission from disaster"
steely-eyed missile man...
" flight controller John Aaron's quick thinking saved the Apollo 12 mission from disaster"
steely-eyed missile man...
This post was edited on 6/6/21 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 6/5/21 at 4:32 pm to farad
Posted on 6/5/21 at 9:18 pm to OleWar
Who is this?
Posted on 6/5/21 at 9:27 pm to TrueTiger
Posted on 6/5/21 at 9:33 pm to TrueTiger
Posted on 6/5/21 at 9:37 pm to yankeeundercover
Posted on 6/5/21 at 9:37 pm to yankeeundercover
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Yeah...what Lima said
Yeah...what Lima said
This post was edited on 6/5/21 at 9:44 pm
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