worntorn
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A few days ago I caught the last half of a documentary on the Apollo 13 mission ( Houston we've had a problem)
I've also seen Ron Howard's excellent film Apollo 13.
It was surprising to hear all of the Brit accents in the Documentary. Just couldn't recall a single Brit or expat Brit in the film, so I watched the film again last night. It was entirely Brit free.
The reality did contain considerable Brit content.
With the Documentary, members of the actual Apollo 13 ground crew were interviewed as well as various propulsion engineers who had done design/ build work on both modules.
When it hit the fan three Brits were called in to out help work out a solution. These were men who had been in on the design and build phases.
One nerdy Brit with bad teeth recalled "They were in a bit of a sticky wicket. They asked me to calculate the trajectory using the Lunar Module as propulsion back to Earth" and so on.
The Brits may have been employees of Grumaan Aircraft, the builders of the LM.
Going to find that documentary and watch it right thru.
Glen
I've also seen Ron Howard's excellent film Apollo 13.
It was surprising to hear all of the Brit accents in the Documentary. Just couldn't recall a single Brit or expat Brit in the film, so I watched the film again last night. It was entirely Brit free.
The reality did contain considerable Brit content.
With the Documentary, members of the actual Apollo 13 ground crew were interviewed as well as various propulsion engineers who had done design/ build work on both modules.
When it hit the fan three Brits were called in to out help work out a solution. These were men who had been in on the design and build phases.
One nerdy Brit with bad teeth recalled "They were in a bit of a sticky wicket. They asked me to calculate the trajectory using the Lunar Module as propulsion back to Earth" and so on.
The Brits may have been employees of Grumaan Aircraft, the builders of the LM.
Going to find that documentary and watch it right thru.
Glen
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