Talk:AS-201

Helium in Combustion Chamber?

I believe there is an article somewhere that claims that the rocket motors needed to be throttlable and Rocketdyne suggested injecting helium along w/ the fuel/oxidizer.Longinus876 (talk) 20:17, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Whatever unspecified "article somewhere" you are talking about cannot at all be relevant to AS-201. The Apollo Lunar Module Descent Propulsion System was the only Apollo engine which required throttling. Rocketdyne was a potential competitor for this engine and proposed using helium to throttle the engine with a constant propellant flow, but they lost the competition to Aerojet General, which employed a more conventional design using valves to modulate the propellant flow.

Again, this does not apply to AS-201, which tested the Command/Service Module, not the Lunar Module. Also, an ironic note is struck by the fact that helium unintentionally leaked into the Service Module engine on this flight, interfering with its performance. Doesn't sound like a very good idea at all. JustinTime55 (talk) 15:41, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

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