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From: pstinson@pbs.org
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: apollo 13
Message-ID: <1990Dec19.110638.11073@pbs.org>
Date: 19 Dec 90 16:06:38 GMT
References: <1990Dec16.053427.23566@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> <4059@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
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In article <4059@syma.sussex.ac.uk>, andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews) writes:
> (DELETED) 
> Well done again, lads, and R.I.P.  Jack Swigert. 
> 
I believe Jack Swigert died from a rare form of bone marrow cancer.  Could this
illness have been a result of his ordeal aboard Apollo 13?  Because things were
not working right, did the crew have a greater risk of exposure to cosmic
radiation?