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Topic: Photo of the week 284 (April 10, 2010)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 04-10-2010 01:51 AM
   
 Forty years ago today, Apollo 13 was ready for launch at the Kennedy Space Center. An intense week for the space program and the world was about to begin. Ed Hengeveld |
historyinminiature
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posted 04-10-2010 09:41 AM
Beautiful picture. Ed, thank you for the posting that you do. |
ASCAN1984
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From: County Down, Nothern Ireland
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 04-11-2010 04:17 AM
Great photo. We always forget Jim Lovell was the first to ride the Saturn twice. |
Max Q
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From: Whyalla South Australia
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 04-12-2010 01:38 AM
If they had only known still able fix it at this point. |
music_space
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From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 04-12-2010 08:32 PM
Yep. Behind one pixel in that picture is some bare electric conductor that's waiting to make history... |
Jay Chladek
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From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 04-15-2010 02:07 AM
Actually, depending on if that photo was taken before launch day (which might be the case given the crane in the background), the O2 tank coil would have been fine at that point. If it was taken after the countdown demonstation test, then the chain of events leading to what happened on the way to the moon were fully in work. |
Max Q
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From: Whyalla South Australia
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 04-15-2010 08:53 AM
Understood but it was still on the ground and still fixable. |
ejectr
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From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-15-2010 01:01 PM
I imagine those thoughts, amongst others, have run through Lovell and Haise's minds a few times looking at this photo. |
carmelo
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From: Messina, Sicilia, Italia
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 04-16-2010 09:20 AM
I want scream:"RETURN IT IN THE VAB!!!! THE SERVICE MODULE IS DEFECTIVE!!!!!!!" P.S. How many months for repair the defect were necessary? |
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