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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. What about Ed Harris by Silver+Sloth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And Tom Hanks, and ...

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  2. 35 years to honour people who saved others by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    2 years to honour the people who bungled the iraq planning.No wonder the US is a joke nation now.

  3. Apple Rocks! by dry_cough · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    OSX and iPods Rock. Windows blows...

    What's that? What?

    Sorry, my bad. The article says "Apollo", not "Apple".

    It is Slashdot afterall. Surely you understand the misread. You'll forgive me, right?

  4. too late by Penguinoflight · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My next door neighbor who worked on the apollo 13 mission died over a year ago. A nice old guy who wasn't too ashamed to admit that the problem was with the rutine checks before launch. I suspected foul play when I saw this honor being made now, and it's really unfortunate/offensive that half the engineers are probably dead now.

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