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Apollo Flight Path Clayton Cantrall Slide 2 Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Concept (LOR) One of three concepts considered for Apollo 11 mission One of three concepts considered for Apollo 11 mission Direct Ascent, Earth Orbit Rendezvous, LOR Direct Ascent, Earth Orbit Rendezvous, LOR LOR was eventually chosen due to its advantages of less fuel, less technological innovation, and small lunar module LOR was eventually chosen due to its advantages of less fuel, less technological innovation, and small lunar module Three part spacecraft: command module, service module, lunar module Three part spacecraft: command module, service module, lunar module Method Method Used actual masses (mass of spacecraft held constant) and distances Used actual masses (mass of spacecraft held constant) and distances Used the ODE method of Runge Kutta Used the ODE method of Runge Kutta Run with Apollofunc.m Run with Apollofunc.m Slide 3 3D Path Slide 4 2D Trajectory