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Preparation

Today is the thirty-fifth anniversary of the day that Apollo XIII developed the "problem" that they told Houston about, when a liquid oxygen tank overpressurized and exploded en route to the Moon. Via email, Jim Oberg points out an interesting article in IEEE Spectrum with the real story, for those familiar only with the movie.

Posted by Rand Simberg at April 13, 2005 12:24 PM
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Like minds, I see.

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Posted by Doyle at April 14, 2005 02:42 PM


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