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Re: MOC: Apollo 13, post-explosion
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:06:11 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Dan Efran wrote:
> I posted this on .space this morning, but forgot to crosspost to .announce.moc.
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> 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 innards a bit, bled away all the reserve oxygen and most of the
> power, and nearly kept the astronauts from returning to Earth alive.
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> http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/9009
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> - Dan Efran
> Martian Ambassador
> http://www.efran.org/embassy/
Cool moc!
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
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| 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)
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