Talk:Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
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[edit] Apollo 18?
References to the Apollo as "Apollo 18" were corrected, and a note made as to the inaccuracy of such usage. Per NASA and the official PAO press releases - none of which have been recinded and/or "retconned", as with the "official" Mercury Flight Patches that came out *after* the missions - the flight was listed only as "Apollo", as it represented the entire program and its completion. Some histories list the flight as "Apollo 18" to distinguish the mission from reference to the Apollo program as a whole, but again per NASA the proper reference shorthand should be "ASTP"
[edit] Swigert's Removal
Per Deke Slayton, and verified by Andrew Chaikin and other space historians, Jack Swigert was in fact assigned to ASTP as CMP, but was removed prior to the official crew announcement as punishment for his involvement in the stamp scandal. The actual grounding wasn't for having actually been involved in the sale of the First Day Covers the A15 crew took with them to the Moon, but for having lied to Deke Slayton about whether he'd had any knowledge of the transaction. Although the NASA PAO recommended that Swigert be removed from the assignment because of his involvement - regardless of how peripheral it was - with the stamp scandal,, Deke Slayton confirmed numerous times before his passing that the actual reason was not that he was involved, but that Swigart had lied to Deke in the face repeatedly when interrogated about said involvement.
[edit] Political background?
Some info on the political background would be nice if somebody has it. 84.58.41.51 21:24, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Bognor Regis?
Can someone check the Bognor Regis fact. It stinks Wikihoax to me. Grobertson 22:37, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
It does appear to be true. My God, the things we find out. Grobertson 22:38, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
- I can't offhand confirm if it is true, but it's certainly plausible - Bognor Regis is (just) south enough to be under the orbital path. Shimgray | talk | 09:01, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Bognor Regis was the intended "handshake flyover point", per NASA and the PAO.
[edit] Language barrier
I have read that for the sake of clarity of communication, the American astronauts spoke Russian and the Russian ones spoke English as much as possible. If that is true, I find it a noteworthy fact. Blutfink 14:03, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
- So noted in TV Guide article a week or so before the launch. I think it was partly courtesy and partly to ensure the astronauts and cosmonauts heard each other in their own language, however accented. This was also the first time the Soviets televised a launch, live, but they did not permit western new media at the launch site. GBC 21:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Medallion?
I seem to remember there being some type of medallion that both the Russians and Americans had, and somehow each one seperated into 2 pieces, and the two crews exchanged one half. Can someone verify this, and, if it's true, post an image of it? --hello,gadren 21:29, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] On display in California?
I have a picture taken of the Apollo-Soyuz test project on display at the RKK Energiya museum. Is it certain that the command module is really this module? Errabee 02:24, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, I just found out the Apollo module in the RKK Energiya museum is a mock-up. But I've also found references that the Apollo command module is at the Kennedy Space Centre Errabee 04:05, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
- I find that somehow quite criminal. Anyone know what bastard sold Soyuz to America?! 128.195.186.47 13:00, 24 September 2007 (UTC)Adieu
