Showing posts with label drama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drama. Show all posts

Friday, May 22

Gerbils

     Conspiracy I say. The mouse sits at the top, has a computer device named for,
feed and the wheel, lets not forget the wheel. The hamster, specific feed AND the "habit-trail". Then there is the Mongolian Gerbil, who has nothing. Go to the pet store and tell me if you can find a feed container, listed specifically for the Mongolian Gerbil.

Wednesday, January 14

14- not without problems



Well we had experience doing this before, doesn't make it any less dangerous though.
After several 'false' readings from the computer we did manage to land a 3rd mission
on the moon.

First problem came up with the docking of the lunar module to the command module.
Spending almost 2 hours (1h42m) the problem was over come and posed no problem
for the rest of the mission.
More problems (source) The Lunar Module had a few problems; hardware and software needed
to be repaired in order to make a successful landing on the Moon.
These were some brave men. As Apollo 13 showed, this is some dangerous work. There is very little room for error.

With an 'abort' signal caused by a faulty switch; Mitchell had to do some quick computer reprogramming to make the computer ignore that command. 80 key strokes later and not a lot of time left he did manage to fix this problem. During the power decent it was determined the patch in the software caused a failure in the landing instruments and Mitchell was forced to manually land the LM on the moon.

13

Now when things do go wrong in space. A perfect lift off leaving the Earth headed to the Moon. 55 hours 55 mins into the mission Apollo 13 had some severe problems.

Having completed a 49 min broadcast with mission control; 9 minutes later
there was an explosion.

Losing oxygen into space and killing the electrical power in the command module.
"Houston we have a problem." You can't just get out and walk home.
"We are venting something out into the- into space."

drama?- this really happened.

This mission was aptly named a "successful failure".
Jim Lovell and crew did not get the opportunity to land on the moon
However, they did return to earth
I saw this happen too


This had to be a lovely sight for the voyagers of Apollo 13
odd this should happen with Apollo '13'
Shows not only the human will for survival but also the
human sense of care. All who witnessed this mission were involved in
the drama of the situation and did hope for a "happy ending".

This was made into a movie. Probably my favorite movie as "non-comedy" goes.
Quite accurate