 | | MOC: Apollo 13, post-explosion —Dan Efran
| | | | I posted this on .space this morning, but forgot to crosspost to .announce.moc. On April 13, 1970, an oxygen tank exploded on the Apollo 13 service module, which was on its way to the moon. The explosion blew the cover off the craft, stirred its (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-05, to lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: MOC: Apollo 13, post-explosion —James Wilson
| | | | | | You've captured the look and the way the photo looks, too. One nit-pick - the rectangular object isn't orthogonal to the long axis of the SM, but parallel to it (extends forward). Nice work! James Wilson Dallas, TX (20 years ago, 14-Apr-05, to lugnet.space)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: MOC: Apollo 13, post-explosion —Dan Efran
| | | | | | | (...) Oh, I see. In that photo, it looks like I used a 1x1 brick sticking straight out. Actually, it's a 1x2 inverted slope, with the sloping side facing the camera. That matches what I think I see in the photos on this page: (URL) are you saying (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-05, to lugnet.space)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: MOC: Apollo 13, post-explosion —James Wilson
| | | | | | | I think you're right. After looking at the NASA pic again, and yours, I think it is more like what you have done. The first pic you posted, though, looks like a rectangular brick sticking straight out from the SM. My bad! James (20 years ago, 15-Apr-05, to lugnet.space)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: MOC: Apollo 13, post-explosion —Scott Lyttle
| | | | | (...) What I find interesting it that on April 12, 1961, was the day the first man went into Space (and April 12, 1981 was the first launch of the Space Shuttle) -Scott Lyttle (20 years ago, 14-Apr-05, to lugnet.space)
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