13 Things That Saved Apollo 13, Part 1: Timing
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Oxygen Tank two in the Apollo 13 Service Module exploded at Mission Elapsed Time (MET) 55 hours and 55 minutes, 321,860 kilometers (199,990 miles) away from href="http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/earth/" class="alinks_links" title="" rel="external">Earth. If the tank was going to rupture and the crew was going to survive the ordeal, the explosion couldn't have happened at a better time. "Not everyone agrees with all the things I've come up with in my research," said NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill who has studied the Apollo 13 mission in intricate detail, "but pretty much everyone agrees on this, including Jim Lovell. The timing of when the explosion happened was key. Much earlier or later in the mission would have prevented a successful rescue.?/> (...)
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