ROCKET CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY LUNAR LANDING SIMULATION ----- ------- ---------- DO YOU WANT INSTRUCTIONS (YES OR NO)? YES YOU ARE LANDING ON THE MOON AND AND HAVE TAKEN OVER MANUAL CONTROL 1000 FEET ABOVE A GOOD LANDING SPOT. YOU HAVE A DOWN- WARD VELOCITY OF 50 FEET/SEC. 150 UNITS OF FUEL REMAIN. HERE ARE THE RULES THAT GOVERN YOUR APOLLO SPACE-CRAFT: (1) AFTER EACH SECOND THE HEIGHT, VELOCITY, AND REMAINING FUEL WILL BE REPORTED VIA DIGBY YOUR ON-BOARD COMPUTER. (2) AFTER THE REPORT A '?' WILL APPEAR. ENTER THE NUMBER OF UNITS OF FUEL YOU WISH TO BURN DURING THE NEXT SECOND. EACH UNIT OF FUEL WILL SLOW YOUR DESCENT BY 1 FOOT/SEC. (3) THE MAXIMUM THRUST OF YOUR ENGINE IS 30 FEET/SEC/SEC OR 30 UNITS OF FUEL PER SECOND. (4) WHEN YOU CONTACT THE LUNAR SURFACE. YOUR DESCENT ENGINE WILL AUTOMATICALLY SHUT DOWN AND YOU WILL BE GIVEN A REPORT OF YOUR LANDING SPEED AND REMAINING FUEL. (5) IF YOU RUN OUT OF FUEL THE '?' WILL NO LONGER APPEAR BUT YOUR SECOND BY SECOND REPORT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL YOU CONTACT THE LUNAR SURFACE. BEGINNING LANDING PROCEDURE.......... G O O D L U C K ! ! ! SEC FEET SPEED FUEL PLOT OF DISTANCE 0 1000 50 150 I * ? 0 1 947.5 55 150 I * ? 0 2 890 60 150 I * ? 0 3 827.5 65 150 I * ? 0 4 760 70 150 I * ? 0 5 687.5 75 150 I * ? 0 6 610 80 150 I * ? 30 7 542.5 55 120 I* ? 5 8 487.5 55 115 I* ? 5 9 432.5 55 110 I* ? 5 10 377.5 55 105 I* ? 5 11 322.5 55 100 I* ? 5 12 267.5 55 95 I* ? 5 13 212.5 55 90 I* ? 5 14 157.5 55 85 I* ? 5 15 102.5 55 80 I* ? 5 16 47.5 55 75 I* ? 5 ***** CONTACT ***** TOUCHDOWN AT 16.86364 SECONDS. LANDING VELOCITY= 55 FEET/SEC. 70 UNITS OF FUEL REMAINING. ***** SORRY, BUT YOU BLEW IT!!!! APPROPRIATE CONDOLENCES WILL BE SENT TO YOUR NEXT OF KIN. ANOTHER MISSION? YES BEGINNING LANDING PROCEDURE.......... G O O D L U C K ! ! ! SEC FEET SPEED FUEL PLOT OF DISTANCE 0 1000 50 150 I * ? 0 1 947.5 55 150 I * ? 0 2 890 60 150 I * ? 0 3 827.5 65 150 I * ? 0 4 760 70 150 I * ? 0 5 687.5 75 150 I * ? 0 6 610 80 150 I * ? 0 7 527.5 85 150 I* ? 0 8 440 90 150 I* ? 0 9 347.5 95 150 I* ? 30 10 265 70 120 I* ? 30 11 207.5 45 90 I* ? 20 12 170 30 70 I* ? 20 13 147.5 15 50 I* ? 5 14 132.5 15 45 I* ? 5 15 117.5 15 40 I* ? 5 16 102.5 15 35 I* ? 5 17 87.5 15 30 I* ? 5 18 72.5 15 25 I* ? 5 19 57.5 15 20 I* ? 10 20 45 10 10 I* ? 5 21 35 10 5 I* ? 5 **** OUT OF FUEL **** 22 25 10 0 I * 23 12.5 15 0 I* ***** CONTACT ***** TOUCHDOWN AT 23.74166 SECONDS. LANDING VELOCITY= 18.70829 FEET/SEC. 0 UNITS OF FUEL REMAINING. ***** SORRY, BUT YOU BLEW IT!!!! APPROPRIATE CONDOLENCES WILL BE SENT TO YOUR NEXT OF KIN. ANOTHER MISSION? NO CONTROL OUT.