tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27325203.post116091945504497126..comments2024-03-02T06:20:16.396-05:00Comments on Airspeed: Steely-Eyed Missile Man Capt. REFSMMATStephen Force (Steve Tupper)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07913033375999496839noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27325203.post-89855605269704049542011-04-02T17:40:24.876-04:002011-04-02T17:40:24.876-04:00Good post, but you confused lunar orbit insertion ...Good post, but you confused lunar orbit insertion with trans lunar injection. LOI is the burn of the service module engine to enyer lunar orbit and TLI is the burn of the SIVB to send the spacecraft from earth orbit into a trajectery that will take it to the moon.<br /><br />Paul Honsinger<br />ApollophileH. Paul Honsinger, Military Science Fiction Author and Retired Attorneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211757949385126417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27325203.post-22504397641238628142009-08-21T19:19:06.254-04:002009-08-21T19:19:06.254-04:00WRONG. Capt Refsmmat was the creation of Edward P...WRONG. Capt Refsmmat was the creation of Edward Pavelka, a flight dynamics officer in the Fligh Dynamics Branch that John Star worked in too.<br /><br />Check out the NASA oral history project for the entire story<br /><br />H.David Reed<br />FIDOUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130817981356153954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27325203.post-18794553164888880242009-08-21T19:18:52.172-04:002009-08-21T19:18:52.172-04:00WRONG. Capt Refsmmat was the creation of Edward P...WRONG. Capt Refsmmat was the creation of Edward Pavelka, a flight dynamics officer in the Fligh Dynamics Branch that John Star worked in too.<br /><br />Check out the NASA oral history project for the entire story<br /><br />H.David Reed<br />FIDOUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130817981356153954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27325203.post-81374326090079815322008-11-13T18:27:00.000-05:002008-11-13T18:27:00.000-05:00Capt. REFSMMAT, the steely-eyed missle man is prob...Capt. REFSMMAT, the steely-eyed missle man is probably the subconscious/conscious creation of John Llewellyn, one of the smartest men I have had the opportunities to meet. He can describe the Appollo/ Skylab Programs from from more than three different points in space and make sense each time. The man is a genius.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com