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From: johnson@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Phil Johnson)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Lost Apollo 12?
Message-ID: <2070007@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: 8 Sep 90 04:04:16 GMT
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In sci.space.shuttle arnaud@schizo.imposter.samsung.com (Alain Arnaud) writes:

>	This morning on NPR's Morning Edition, James Beggs, former NASA
>	administrator was talking about the latest shuttle problems (H leaks),
>	and compared the shuttle program to Apollo. He said that they almost
>	lost Apollo 12, and then the explosion on Apollo 13. 
>	What did he mean by almost lost Apollo 12, I don't seem to remember
>	any incident related to that flight. 

I seem to recall that Apollo 12 was hit by lightning a few seconds after
launch.  Could that be what he was talking about?

				Phil