[News] Apollo 13 Explosion 50 years ago today

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Apollo 13: Enhanced images reveal life on stricken spacecraft https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52264743

Might watch the film again.

 

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https://youtu.be/WM8kjDF0IJU

 

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I saw the film at the old Screen Three at the Brighton Odeon, then the largest screen south of Leicester Square, and it was stunning.

And the book it was based on, written Jim Lovell (played by Tom Hanks in the film) is well worth reading too.

Both are wonderful tributes to human ingenuity and the spirit of adventure.

 

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RossyG said:

I saw the film at the old Screen Three at the Brighton Odeon, then the largest screen south of Leicester Square, and it was stunning.

And the book it was based on, written Jim Lovell (played by Tom Hanks in the film) is well worth reading too.

Both are wonderful tributes to human ingenuity and the spirit of adventure.

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Totally agree, amazing that both Jim and Fred are alive 50 years on, poor old Jack died at 51

 

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I regard Apollo 13 and the way it overcame adversity and catastrophe as big an achievment of human endeavour as the actual moon landings.

 

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Bloody Norah, I can't belive it's 50 years ago!

 

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I've always been aware of the symbolism of the number 13 of that Apollo mission but I was never previously aware that the explosion also happened on the 13th.

 

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marlowe said:

I've always been aware of the symbolism of the number 13 of that Apollo mission but I was never previously aware that the explosion also happened on the 13th.

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Lift off was 13 minutes past the hour.

 

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RossyG said:

I saw the film at the old Screen Three at the Brighton Odeon, then the largest screen south of Leicester Square, and it was stunning.

And the book it was based on, written Jim Lovell (played by Tom Hanks in the film) is well worth reading too.

Both are wonderful tributes to human ingenuity and the spirit of adventure.

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And Hope too.

 

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The ending always gets to you even though you know what's going to happen.

 

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Raleigh Chopper said:

The ending always gets to you even though you know what's going to happen.

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Dont spoil it for me!

 

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Fabulous track from the movie by the Mavericks.

 

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I love that film. Easy to watch again and again.

 

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Chicken Run said:

Lift off was 13 minutes past the hour.

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Although the time launch was officially 14:13 EST it was actually at 13:13 Houston time where mission control was.

The launch date of 11th April 1970 when written as 11/4/70 the individual numerals 1+1+4+7 add up to....

I'm sure one could find quite a few if you look for them

 

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Hamilton said:

I love that film. Easy to watch again and again.

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I’ve said it before on here but for anybody interested in this era of space exploration you could do worse than catch the Tom Hanks produced HBO series From the Earth to the moon! Aired a few years after the film.