Space Rocket History #314 – Apollo 14 – Moonwalk 1 – Part 2 – Fueling the Nuke

Space Rocket History Podcast

Michael Annis

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🗓️ 28 August 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

A small plutonium source was used to power the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) that would provide electric power for the ALSEP experiments. Ed Mitchell performed the delicate maneuver of inserting the fuel capsule into the RTG.

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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, Tranquality base here.
0:35.6	The Eagle has landed. That's one small step for man one giant leap for man
0:48.2	hello and welcome this is michael annis and you're listening to episode 314 of the Space Rocket History podcast.
0:58.2	And now, Apollo 14, Moonwalk 1, part 2.
1:06.9	This is a CBS News special report.
1:10.6	Ten years later.
1:14.7	The Flight of Apollo 14.
1:18.6	Sponsored by Tang, the nutritious breakfast drink for breakfast tomorrow,
1:24.4	and Western Electric, the people who make communications equipment for the Bell
1:29.2	system. Here again is Walter Cronkite. Ten years later, to be precise, nine years and nine months
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