Space Rocket History #275 – Apollo 13 – Minimizing Power – Part 2

Space Rocket History Podcast

Michael Annis

History, Technology

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🗓️ 25 October 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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“The first burn, Griffin explained, would be a long one. Pushing the descent throttle all the way to the full position, Lovell would leave it there for more than six minutes before shutting the engine down. This maneuver, which for … Continue reading →

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0:00.0	We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy,
0:08.0	but because they are hard.
0:10.0	Godspeed, John Glenn.
0:12.0	Roger, zero G, and I feel fine.
0:15.0	Okay, I'm out.
0:17.0	How does it feel for the United States to be the new record holder?
0:21.6	At last, huh?
0:22.6	In that baby lights, there's no doubt about it.
0:26.6	Lift-off.
0:27.6	We have a lift-off.
0:28.6	32 minutes past the hour.
0:30.6	Lift-off in Apollo 11.
0:32.6	Listing, uh, tranquility base here.
0:35.6	The Eagle has landed.
0:40.4	That's one small step for man.
0:44.3	One giant leap for mankind.
0:58.0	Hello and welcome. This is Michael Annis, and you're listening to episode 275 of the Space Rocket History podcast. And now, Apollo 13, Minimizing Power, Part 2. Continuing from the previous episode, Jim Lovell opened his eyes and glanced out his window at the gray-white
1:13.3	plastery moon that was now less than 40,000 miles away, nearly filling his triangular porthole. According to
1:22.8	the original flight plan, today was the day that he and Fred Hayes were supposed to land on the moon.
1:30.7	Of course, that was not going to happen. In fact, Lovell doubted he would ever land on the moon.
1:36.9	He had already been in the vicinity of the moon twice, and he didn't think he would get a third
1:42.3	chance. Even worse, Lovell questioned that if he, Swaggart and Hayes, did not make it home,
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