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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. Dupe from just 2 days ago by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    snore.

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

    And Tom Hanks, and ...

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  3. Some posters need an editor... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's not "jury rigged," it's "jury-rigged." Also, it's not "god send," it's "godsend." Try hitting up webster's or bartleby.com before you hit "submit"

  4. Re:damned grammar. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry, but I was responding to another post which seemed to have disappeared. Didn't mean to *flame*

  5. 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.

  6. Re:Wrong people awarded by AviLazar · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Whats with all the Overrated mods I get? It's like almost every post I make that gets a positive mod is countered by someone with an Overrated...is this like the new hip mod? Sheesh - just cause you don't think my shit's funny doesn't mean its overrated when someone else does.

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  7. 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?

  8. 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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