[968] in Humor
Michael A Burstein: Apollo 13
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Mon Jul 17 14:44:07 1995
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Subject: Apollo 13
Live! from the Johnson Space Center, the
Top Ten TECHNICAL ERRORS/ANACHRONISMS in the movie "Apollo 13"
- compiled by a bunch of genuine NASA dweebs who actually noticed these
things.
(Reading this list is guaranteed not to give the story away, but reading
this next sentence will: They make it back safely.)
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10. The NASA "worm" logo appears on a glass door. The logo was not
developed until 1976.
9. One engineer checks an astronaut's addition using a slide rule. Slide
rules are not used for addition.
8. Jim Lovell's license plate is new.
7. The astronauts point out the Sea of Tranquility while on the dark side
of the moon. It is on the other side.
6. A technician at the cape is wearing a Rockwell International logo on his
coveralls. The Apollo capsule was built by North American, which did not
become Rockwell International until after the Apollo program.
5. The gantry arms for the Saturn V are released in unison, not one at a
time.
4. During entry, the spacecraft is shown hurling directly at the earth.
At that angle, it would punch a brief but fiery hole through the atmosphere.
It should be aiming towards the horizon.
3. The paint pattern on the Saturn V is for the test configuration, not the
launch configuration.
2. The astronauts look at their intended landing site while on the dark
side of the moon. It is a good thing they didn't land - no communications
with Earth, it's dark and very cold.
AND THE NUMBER ONE TECHNICAL ERROR/ANACHRONISM in APOLLO 13 is:
1. In space, from outside the capsule, propulsion jets do not make any
noise.
- Christopher Land
Notes: 1) Any errors on this list are the responsibility of the reader. If
you point them out we may sue, so watch it. 2) Heretofore notwithstanding
and nevertheless hereby contraindicating the previous sentence, any
additions and corrections should be passed back to me and I promise to care.
Deeply.
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