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From: andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: apollo 13
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Date: 18 Dec 90 10:18:11 GMT
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From article <1990Dec16.053427.23566@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>, by jabishop@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Jonathan A Bishop):
>      Another note: Apollo 13 did use the skip or 'lift vector up' re-entry;
> they were also very near the edge of the corridor where this was safe;

The radio blackout during re-entry was the longest too, about a minute and a
half longer than usual, which I'm sure got a few people worried at the time.

Henry Cooper's "Moonwreck" is a fascinating read about the Apollo 13
mission.  I had great admiration for the courage of the crew and the way
everyone involved pulled together to get them safely home.  Must have been
hard to keep morale up when shivering, sick and dehydrated in a cold
spacecraft.  I get miserable if my feet are cold for more than a few
minutes!

Well done again, lads, and R.I.P.  Jack Swigert. 


-- 
Andy Clews, Computing Service, Univ. of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QN, England
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