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We were off-course 97% of the time
From: Paul Saffo
Date: 2016 Jun 11, 19:23 -0700
From: Paul Saffo
Date: 2016 Jun 11, 19:23 -0700
Just heard a wonderful anecdote from a NASA old-timer and am posting it to check its accuracy with this exhalted group. this gento told me that "our rockets were actually on-course only 3% of the time on the earth-moon-earth trip. That is why we had a mission control."
I kinda suspect that he was oversimplifying in the intersts of a good story, but am otherwise unqualified to judge. Your opinion? -p
