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Subject: Apollo 13 Query
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Date: Sun, 15-Jan-84 21:01:27 EST
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From:  John Shore <shore@NRL-CSS>


Does anyone out there remember details about the cause of the Apollo 13
explosion?  My vague recollection is that one engineer's assumption about 
the current on a particular line was violated when a change was made.  
The resulting interface mismatch led to overheating and then to the 
explosion.  Anyway, I would like to get my facts straight.  If there's 
an easily available report (Aviation Week?), a reference would be 
sufficient.  Please reply direct to shore@nrl-css.  Thanks in advance.  

John Shore
shore@nrl-css