To: NCC-1701
Have you ever heard the in- cockpit audio from Apollo 12? after the lightning hit the command module the crew had to switch to a backup telemetry system and reset all the circuit breakers right in the middle of first stage separation. An extremely frantic minute right there. after everything got sorted out Gordon Cooper was heard to say " now that's one scenario we should run in the mission simulators!"
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20 posted on
01/16/2014 6:25:00 AM PST by
Celtic Conservative
(tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
To: Celtic Conservative
Sorry, it was Richard Gordon, not Gordon Cooper.
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23 posted on
01/16/2014 6:29:55 AM PST by
Celtic Conservative
(tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
To: Celtic Conservative
Yes I have. Very intense minute of comm. After Al Bean reconfigured the SEC to AUX, things calmed down and the crew literally laughed their way to orbit. Loved Pete Conrad’s comment about needing some more bad weather testing.
25 posted on
01/16/2014 6:46:42 AM PST by
NCC-1701
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