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Use of the landing point designator to land the lunar module to a given target - Project Apollo

R. L. Saldana, J. H. Suddath

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u e n t ?resents some t h e o r e t i c a l result;; pertaining to the problem of making e f f i c i e n t use of the landing point designator (LPD) to land the iunar module (IN) t o a given target.t o bias the b -i t i a l a i m point so as to make the most e f f e c t i v e use of the LPD i s considered.bias i s presented along with example applications.terms of the probability of i,eaching the t a r g e t within the W D AV budget.In p a r t l c u l a r , the question of hawThe procedure f o r determining the i n i t i a l a i m point Results are given i n

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u e n t ?resents some t h e o r e t i c a l result;; pertaining to the problem of making e f f i c i e n t use of the landing point designator (LPD) to land the iunar module (IN) t o a given target.t o bias the b -i t i a l a i m point so as to make the most e f f e c t i v e use of the LPD i s considered.bias i s presented along with example applications.terms of the probability of i,eaching the t a r g e t within the W D AV budget.In p a r t l c u l a r , the question of hawThe procedure f o r determining the i n i t i a l a i m point Results are given i n

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u e n t ?resents some t h e o r e t i c a l result;; pertaining to the problem of making e f f i c i e n t use of the landing point designator (LPD) to land the iunar module (IN) t o a given target.t o bias the b -i t i a l a i m point so as to make the most e f f e c t i v e use of the LPD i s considered.bias i s presented along with example applications.terms of the probability of i,eaching the t a r g e t within the W D AV budget.In p a r t l c u l a r , the question of hawThe procedure f o r determining the i n i t i a l a i m point Results are given i n

Key concepts: Apollo, Moon landing, Point (geometry), Remote sensing, Point target, Computer science, Astrobiology, Environmental science

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