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Apollo 13 Engineers to be Honored

Posted by samzenpus on from the duct-tape-to-the-rescue dept.

sconeu writes "Yahoo! News is carrying a story that the engineers who helped save the crew of Apollo 13 will be honored by GlobalSpec. The article mentions the jury rigged air scrubbers, and gives duct tape its due." Here is our coverage of the 35th anniversary.

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  1. Who? by FTL · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Who the heck are GlobalSpec? Is it news when some random company decides to award someone famous? Can I get also get front-page Slashdot story if my company gives "a crystal globe" to Linus Torvalds and/or Bill Gates?

    No criticism to the Apollo 13 engineers. What they did was amazing. But what's this story got to do with them?

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  2. Re:Thing I'd like to know is... by Steven+Edwards · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes I laugh whenever I hear/read someone bitch about lowest bidders on a contract. The most impressive enginering feats were done with slave labor. Throwing money at a problem solves nothing.

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