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Title: 13 Things that Saved Apollo 13
Post by: sam on April 09, 2010, 02:51

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On the night of April 13th, 1970, when the oxygen tank in Apollo 13's command module exploded, a 27-year-old engineer named Jerry Woodfill sat as his console in the Mission Evaluation Room at Johnson Space Center, monitoring the caution and warning system he helped create for the Apollo spacecraft.

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/04/08/13-things-that-saved-apollo-13/

Title: Re: 13 Things that Saved Apollo 13
Post by: Clive on April 09, 2010, 09:59

Splendid article Sam.   8-)

Title: Re: 13 Things that Saved Apollo 13
Post by: Simon on April 09, 2010, 19:10

I was only 6, but I still remember seeing bits of that on the TV.

Title: Re: 13 Things that Saved Apollo 13
Post by: Rik on April 09, 2010, 19:10

The bits that fell off?  :o:

Title: Re: 13 Things that Saved Apollo 13
Post by: Simon on April 09, 2010, 19:35

Can't remember which bits.  Might not even have been that Apollo!  ;D

Title: Re: 13 Things that Saved Apollo 13
Post by: Rik on April 09, 2010, 19:38

 ;D