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From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: apollo 13
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Date: 13 Dec 90 14:12:36 GMT
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Reply-To: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
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In article <90346.083237TACON019@ysub.ysu.edu> TACON019@ysub.ysu.edu (Fred Ullom) writes:
>I just saw a documentary on the apollo 13 disaster (or success depending
>on how you look at it). They used the LEM for habitation on the return
>trip to earth when the command module was crippled and then jettisoned
>it in earth orbit before re-entry.
>I was just curious, is the LEM still orbiting the earth or did the orbit
>decay?

The LEM along with the Service Module were jettisoned just before re-entry.
They did not go into orbit. They burned up. The LEM (Aquarius) gave 1 final
burst of data before burning up as if to say "good-bye". :-)
Peter Jarvis.........