S2 Ep.04 Power brokers
13 Minutes to the Moon
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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