Submitted by ckmoore on June 4, 2007

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Apollo 13: Failure Is Not An Option

Apollo 13: Failure is not an Option





















Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970 from Cape Canaveral Florida, the American Public had decided that traveling to the moon was a routine occurrence. A NASA spokesperson had said, “the TV broadcast were about as exciting as a trip to Pittsburg”. On the evening of April 13, the crew of Apollo 13 had just finished a television broadcast explaining their mission and about life aboard the ship. Commander Jim Lovell closed the broadcast with this message, “This is the crew of...

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