While all of this was calculated and tested in the simulator, the Apollo 13 crew mere survival has

Feb. 03 explosion at the right time Moonshot | 16 comments
The Apollo 13 explosion happened at the right time. If, after the moon landing occurs, the crew would not have survived the trip. He writes about the first US astronaut Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton the book together they recorded "Moonshot" of which this blog is paid to detail to English:
"Deke scratched worried his head." It seems that in this case must be corrected to track the holdkomppal. "Everyone's missle mind the same question missle nagging. Undamaged lunar transmissions compared to the technical unit gearboxes half performance missle will be able to" leitmotif "command and technical unit, and the Lunar Module combination of the return required course? responsible for the ship management expert calculated the precise speed needed for pályakorrekcióhoz. It identified the exact length and direction of the ignition, which is just the astronauts in simulators were there. They rehearsed the ignition, checked in with . Then, the direction and speed achieved once all the lemodellezték Finally, one of them holding his thumb up in the air. "You can do it" - said the noble simplicity.
While all of this was calculated and tested in the simulator, the Apollo 13 crew mere survival has become missle a burning question. Oxygen is constantly leaking the spaceship - along with the available power is getting sold - so the spacecraft every minute closer to destruction. Exactly fifty-one minutes after the explosion of Apollo 13, Gene Kranz turned to the Mission Control staff. "If we find out, the guys in less than two hours aboard a helpless wreck and travel - apart from the three, short battery life and the remaining missle oxygen in their inventory. The akksikat but we can not use because the atmosphere should be reserved for them by step "" If you do get to the point, dammit. "- Deke swore. Jack R. Lousma Capcom was about to forward the message, but it was preceded by Swigert, and Odyssey oxygen reserves inquired. "The missle oxygen is continuously decreasing. I was just looking into the possibility that the moon should be used by way of ferry lifeboat "- informed Lousma. "We were thinking about something like this," - said Swigert. Glynn Lunney mission director and his team replaced stábját Kranz, then they bought themselves the Mission Control "in the trenches". Him expected the decision to the lander Aquarius soon become the first rescue ship shape the history of spaceflight. There was not much debate. Aquarius said the three men only chance of survival. The simulators astronauts desperately trying to find a solution to the more and more problems. Lovell's crew had to operate the Odyssey. This is not meant to shut down all but quasi hibernálták that later, in order to revive the atmosphere before the start of the move. At the same time, however, the Aquarius had to operate, in a way that could not be used for any command, any electric missle current of the technical unit. They did not have anything like never before. "It appears that roughly eighteen minutes missle left" - has been one of the management. "The last fuel cell quickly succumb." Lovell and Haise áttuszkolták themselves navigating the ship through the tunnel connecting holdkomppal Aquarius. The lunar module missle was designed to embed two men on the moon and bring them back to űrrandevút then to carry out the command unit. Resources were sufficient to roughly forty hours under normal conditions. However, this time the holdkompnak had become the habitation of astronauts. And in some way had to be extended run time that three people survive the end of the nearly four-day trip.
Swigert was the command ship dying, while others have installed missle the lunar module. One by one stopped Odyssey systems. Flashlight worked on, when the cabin was dark. Before he even had to join his mates in holdkompban, had to save the exact coordinates of the Aquarius spacecraft command ship identical to the system. According to Lovell, Swigert until now worked missle "abandoned and pathetic" has become a command unit, while Lovell and Haise dismantled spacesuit for holdsétára missle Haise, and a three-meter-long cable eszkábáltak together, which is then entered into the lunar oxygen system. The line was then introduced into the command unit, so Swigertnek enough time left for the ship kiüzemelésére, then you will need to return to Earth. In vain seemed cluttered the command unit was very spacious compared to holdkomphoz. From the time that the holdkompra fully entrust themselves to the astronauts in the cold, damp and hibernate Odyssey should be made to go through, or if you wanted to go to the toilet. Extremely missle uncomfortable looking forward to three days. With one eye I watched Lu