Apollo program?

Question

Hey I got this project for class, suppose to see what is the most important, historical, and benficial apollo program mission. There can be more then one answer. This beats asking people at college. It is for a physics class, and really no answer is wrong

I;m going to say Apollo 8 was most import cause we went there, Apollo11 was most historical, and Apollo 17 was most beneficial cause we stayed there the longest and a geologist was on board

Answer 1

Well, Apollo 11 was the most historical, simply because it was the first manned lunar landing, but each one had important significance. For example, the mission that would be retroactively called Apollo One, never happened because the crew perished on the launchpad in a fire(the capsule was filled with 100%oxygen and contained lots of flammable material). The fire pointed out fatal flaws in the early Apollo's design, and forced a necessary slowdown and new approach in the entire program. Apollo Seven was the first manned mission flown, and Apollo 8 was the first orbit of the moon by humans. Apollo 9 tested the Lunar Module in earth orbit, while Apollo 10 tested the Lunar Module in orbit, but did not land(arguably, the LEM was too heavy). Apollo 12 was pretty much a repeat of 11, they were going to have color TV, but Conrad and Bean accidentally pointed the delicate camera at the unfiltered sun, and fried it before sending video. 13 proved we could survive an accident in space and use the LEM as a "lifeboat". Apollo 14 put the first American in space, Alan Shepard, on the moon, where he hit the first golf ball on the moon. 15 and 16 saw astronauts venture miles from their ship using the Lunar Rover. The final mission, 17, had an exhaustive survery performed by Harrison Schmidt, the first and only geologist to travel to the moon.

Answer 2

There were many minor technological advances that either resulted from or were aided by the program, and of course there was a lot of scientific information gained about the Moon, but probably the most important benefit was a big boost to science education in the country. I know I went into science due the the excitement of the space program, and so did millions of others. I wish we could recapture that spirit!

The most important mission would of course be Apollo 11, the first landing, with Apollo 8, the first mission to orbit the Moon, although it didn't land, being a close second. My personal favorite mission was Apollo 15. It landed in a mountainous area so the scenery was more like what everyone expected to see, compared to Apollo 11 which was on a flat plane that extended to the horizon. Also, it was the first mission with the rover, live color TV, live video of the takeoff from the Moon and it got good network coverage. Apollo 17 would have been the best, it was the only mission to have a trained geologist in the crew, but the TV networks gave it very sparse coverage because people were already getting bored with the whole thing. So sad.

Answer 3

You're quite right, it is unfair to the rest to nominate any one mission (Apollo, Mercury, STS or any other) as 'most' important for any reason, but this is a Q which can generate some v. interesting debate.

For me..?
It's well worth mentioning in this discussion that Apollo 14 was a critical turning point. Had it failed, after the disaster of 13, the whole program would have been canceled and space exploration, (the shuttle, space stations, space telescope, the deep solar system probes....) would have been set back a decade, maybe more, along with all the benefits mankind has reaped since (computer technology, communications satellite proliferation, resource exploration & climate surveys from orbit, etc.)

If you want to throw them a curveball, how about the LAST Apollo - which was NOT a moonshot, but the Apollo-Soyuz mission, which went a long way in defrosting US-Soviet relations in the Cold War! (Arguably more important for mankind than any amount of moonrock).

If you asked the astronauts themselves, there is a strong case for nominating Apollo 1 (!!!), which never flew, killed 3 astronauts on the launchpad, but the lessons learned from that sad day were ESSENTIAL to the safety and success of ALL the subsequent missions!!!

Answer 4

If anything, I would say that Apollo 13 was the most important. We learned to turn a disaster into a success story. There is nothing more important than human life.

Answer 5

I would choose Apollo 13 as it the most memorable mission, as it did attempt to land on the moon with Appollo 11 but there were complications and the needed to return to earth.

Answer 6

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