Reports/Apollo 17/Saturn V flight evaluation/1 Introduction

Reports/Apollo 17/Saturn V flight evaluation/1 Introduction
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[edit] 1.1 Purpose

This report provides the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters, and other interested agencies, with the launch vehicle and Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) evaluation results of the AS-512 flight (Apollo 17 Mission). The basic objective of flight evaluation is to acquire, reduce, analyze, evaluate and report on flight data to the extent required to assure future mission success and vehicle reliability. To accomplish this objective, actual flight problems are identified, their causes determined, and recommendations made for appropriate corrective action.

[edit] 1.2 Scope

This report contains the performance evaluation of the major launch vehicle systems and LRV, with special emphasis on problems. Summaries of launch operations and spacecraft performance are included.

The official George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) position at this time is represented by this report. It will not be followed by a similar report unless continued analysis or new information should prove the conclusions presented herein to be significantly incorrect.

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