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Apollo 13: 4. Power brokers

13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle

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Apollo 13 - The Propulsion System Wasn't Designed for This

The propulsion system wasn't designed for this. It's meant to land the fragile spider like Lem on the moon. Now it will be used to drive the lunar module and the attached 15 ton command and service module, accelerating all of that to nearly 3,400 miles per hour. Apollo 13 now 5,426 nautical miles out from the moon, traveling at a speed of 4,552 feet per second.

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