Talk:Apollo 12
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- In 2002, a rocket stage from the mission was recaptured by the Earth's gravitational field, after being in a heliocentric orbit since 1971. The rocket stage is projected to leave Earth orbit again in 2003, with a very small chance of hitting either Earth or the Moon.
as it's clearly out of date. Could someone update and replace it, please? Andy Mabbett 06:57, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)
[edit] weather
Is this the launch that was struck by lightning? -FZ 15:52, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
- Yup. Lost control briefly on ascent, switch SCE to AUX and solved. Worth reading about; it's an interesting story. The guy who knew how to solve the problem only did so because he'd been playing around with obscure corners of the simulators a while before... Shimgray 16:34, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] From the Earth to the Moon
According to the From the Earth to the Moon episode, "That's All There Is", Bean was struck on the head by an unsecured camera on splashdown and suffered a concussion. Did that really happen, or was that artistic license? If it really happened, then an injury to a crewmember ought to be noted in the article. --Kitch (Talk : Contrib) 11:57, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
- This is sect. 16.1, Touchdown & Impact, of the Technical Crew Debriefing -
- CONRAD - We really hit flatter than a pancake, and it was a tremendous impact, much greater than anything I'd experienced in Gemini. The 16-mm camera, which was on the bracket - and we may have been remiss in this and I'm not sure, but it wasn't in the checklist - whistled off and clanked Al on the head to the tune of six stitches. It cold-cocked him, which is why we were in stable II. Although he doesn't realise it, he was out to lunch for about 5 seconds. Dick was hollering for him to punch in the breakers, and in the meantime, I'd seen this thing whistle off out of the corner of my eye and he (Bean) was blankly staring at the instrument panel. I was convinced he was dead over there in the right seat, but he wasn't, and finally got the breakers in. By that time, we'd gone stable II which was no big deal.
- I think that adequately describes it... Shimgray | talk | 14:18, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
