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Topic: Apollo 13: Aquarius LM 'good ship' quote
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goose77 Member Posts: 35 From: Marion, Iowa Registered: Jul 2019
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posted 11-09-2019 12:40 PM
After the Apollo 13 crew released the Aquarius, did Fred Haise or Jack Swigert say "She sure was a good ship"? I've read a number of accounts and transcripts online, and some attribute the quote to Haise while others attribute it to Swigert. I've also read at least one transcript that reports Swigert as saying "She sure was a great ship." So I thought I'd ask those here — who said it, and what exactly did they say, good or great? |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 43576 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-09-2019 01:31 PM
You can listen to the audio here. The quote is, "She sure was a good ship."I believe it is Jack Swigert. Less than a minute later, capcom Joe Kerwin refers to Jack by name. The confusion here may be because Bill Paxton, as Fred Haise, delivers the same line in the movie "Apollo 13." |
goose77 Member Posts: 35 From: Marion, Iowa Registered: Jul 2019
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posted 11-09-2019 02:06 PM
Thanks for that audio link. And you're absolutely right about the waters being muddied by that scene in the movie — one website cites the movie line as being "from Fred Haise, verbatim from the NASA transcript." |
Captain Apollo Member Posts: 260 From: UK Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 11-11-2019 08:51 AM
Strange how it fits better if Fred said it. |
ejectr Member Posts: 1758 From: Killingly, CT Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-11-2019 09:11 AM
I think Fred felt too miserable to say anything. |