35th Anniversary of Apollo 13 Splashdown 197
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from the that's-the-mangled-tin-anniversary dept.
orac2 writes "35 years ago today, the crew of the Apollo 13 mission splashed down in the Pacific, after a harrowing four days following an oxygen tank explosion aboard their spacecraft. If you've only seen the Ron Howard movie, IEEE Spectrum has an article about what really went on in mission control to save the crew, with interviews with Gene Kranz, etc,and including a previously unreported hack the lunar module controllers had to come up with in real-time just to turn on the LM."
Are you saying Tom Hanks lied to me? (Score:3, Funny)
404 Page (Score:5, Funny)
Anniversaries... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Anniversaries... (Score:5, Funny)
Duplicate articles only "every 5 years" would be a great improvement.
You sick capitalists and your NASA idolatry (Score:5, Funny)
You bourgeois capitalist Amerikan's make me sick; stealing surpluss labor from the masses for your precious French perfume. BAH! Against the brick wall for you!
*bang!*
Re:True geeks (Score:5, Funny)
Because we didn't! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:True geeks (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why do people still deny the moon landing? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Anniversaries... (Score:5, Funny)
But this is Slashdot, and nothing seems to be impossible here ;-)
Re:404 Page (Score:5, Funny)
What we really should do is add onto the existing codes and take the unused 600 section of HTTP codes [suburbancomputer.com] for Slashdot use.
A few that come to mind:
HTTP 600: Nothing For You To See Here
HTTP 601: Dupe
HTTP 602: Is Having Uncompehensibal Splelling Nad Gramer
HTTP 603: Moderator Points Denied
HTTP 604: Profit Not Found
Any others?
Re:Because we didn't! (Score:3, Funny)
--
Shitram Brown, PhD
Professor of Mathematics
All I can say is it's a good thing you went for math and not astronomy.
why not a flag on the moon?
Gooooooooooooooooooooooogle [google.com]
Re:Why do people still deny the moon landing? (Score:3, Funny)