Apollos Most Critical Rocket Engine

Go to to access data-driven information from around the world. Subscribe through my link to get 40% off the Vantage plan for unlimited access. Of all the rocket engines used during the Apollo program, just one was considered to be critical to the whole operation, this was the lunar module ascent engine, if that didn’t start or had a problem whilst on the moon then there was no way to rescue the crew, so it had to work with 100% reliability. This video looks at why this was so critical and the issues surrounding the use of its super dangerous hypergolic fuel. Written researched and presented by Paul Shillito Images and footage : Grumman Airfcraft Corp, NASA, Rocketdyne, Bell aerosystems, Don Erwin, To give one off tips and donations please use the following : or And a big thanks go to our Patreons for the on going support. Eριχθόνιος JL Adriaan von Grobbe Alex K Alipasha Sadri Andrew Gaess Andrew Smith Bengt Stromberg Brian Kelly Carl Soderstrom Charles Thacker Daniel Armer erik ahrsjo Florian Muller George Bishop II Glenn Dickinson inunotaisho Jesse Postier John & Becki Johnston John A Cooper John Michaelson Ken Schwarz L D László Antal Lorne Diebel Mark Heslop Matti Malkia Patrick M Brennan Paul Freed Paul Shutler Peter Engrav Robert Sanges Ryan Emmenegger Sirrianus Dagovax stefan hufenbach Steve Ehrmann Steve J - LakeCountySpacePort tesaft Tim Alberstein Tyron Muenzer