S2 Ep.04 Power brokers
13 Minutes to the Moon
Apollo 13 Service Module Out of Action
Apollo 13's command module was running on power from the service module almost all the way to re-entry. It would then switch to its own three small batteries only for the final 30 minutes to splash down. But with Apollo 13 service module well and truly out of action, Odyssey shut down. Those three batteries don't have enough energy in them to bring the command module back to life for several hours or keep it operating all the way through re- entry.
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