NASA: Triumph & Tragedy

[vetrox]

Was in a tense game of dota when this came on TV. The episode is about some of the failures of NASA's craft.

Namely apollo13 and the space shuttles. I expect you already know of these as I did but I still watched it and found it interesting as it had interviews with some of the control staff and some of the astronauts. It was very depressing to watch people die in front of my eyes (even if it was quite a while ago now) but if you want a bit more insight into some of the astronauts and control staffs opinions then its a good watch.

Also the reacions of the astronaut who had to try out the MMU for the first time *shudders* not something i would have wanted to do.

Its on the I-player atm however I'm not sure how you can view it outside of the uk (im sure there are ways but this isnt really the place to discuss them)

It can be found here http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00lk0jq/NASA_Triumph_and_Tragedy_One_Giant_Leap/

[Tex]

Personally, I believe that 13 was not a failure at all. Sure, there was a major malfunction, but it was thanks to not only the astronauts on board (still three of my favorite astonauts: Jim, Jack, and Fred ) but all the members of mission control fore keeping their cool and solving this problem as a team.

Also, props to Joe Kerwin for building the CO2 scrubber adapter to keep those guys alive!