Apollo 13
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The Last Straw That Breaks the Camel's Back
Apollo 13's heat shield is designed to be used once and to fall away as the command margil re enters the eart's atmosphere. If apollo thirten's heat shield fails, the enormous efforts to keep the crew alive over the past few days will have been for nothing. Three men will be incinerated in the atmosphere, but hurtling towards the earth at tens of thousands of miles per hour,. there's no way for anyone to check it. In the meantime, the rescue mission must proceed as planned. It's time to bring odyssey back on line. Down in mission control, a new cap com is ready and waiting. Over the course of the next two and
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