Apollo 13: 3. Lifeboat
13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle
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The Luna Module's Critical Guidance Computer Isn't Working.
A lunar module was designed to hold two people for three days, not three people for five days. Most of the spacecraft's water reserves are needed to prevent it from overheating. The crew were rationed to a half a cup a day. Merlin Merritt takes things into his own hands because he is too important to be relayed over mission control intercom.
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