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It's not just the quote 'Don't panic', it's got a towel on board as well. I think the Hitchhikers'guide is well represented there. Love it. Was an amazing test and those boosters landing in unison.... just amazing!
Or maybe he plans to wipe us all out and move to Mars.
"First, there was a dream..."
https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/
The great thing about this website, is that one can follow the mission (in real time) via video (where available), audio between the crew and mission control, or even the on-board crew transcripts. In fact, as I post this, I’m listening to the trans-lunar injection burn to send the crew to the moon – as it happened 50 years ago – to the second. And we all know what happened about 56 hours into this mission…..
I’ll have a lot more to post on this as the week progresses, but for now, I’ll post a link to this new retrospective film.
However, day #2 of the mission had its’ lighter moments. For example, the first set of crew exchanges finds them being notified that the Beatles have broken up, while another exchange finds the crew asking about the procedure to file a tax extension with the IRS. (For those of you not in the US, we are required to file our income tax forms with the government on – or before – April 15th of every year).
Lovell: "Hello there, Houston; 13."
CAPCOM: "13, Houston. Go ahead."
Lovell: "Gosh, we had forgotten, but we'd like to hear what the news is."
CAPCOM: "Okay. There's not a whole lot to it."
CAPCOM: "Okay, let's see. The Beatles have announced they will no longer perform as a group. The quartet is reported to have made in excess of a half billion dollars during their short musical career."
CAPCOM: "However, rumors that [The Beatles] will use this money to start their own space program are false."
Lovell: "Maybe we could borrow some."
CAPCOM: "(Laughter). Okay."
CAPCOM: "Today's favorite pastime across the - Uh oh; have you guys completed your income tax?"
Lovell: "How do I apply for an extension?"
CAPCOM: "(Laughter)."
Swigert: "Yes, Joe. I got to - hey, listen - It ain't too funny; things kind of happened real fast down there, and I do need an [income tax] extension."
CAPCOM: "(Laughter)."
Swigert: "I didn't get mine filed."
Swigert: "And this is serious; would you - -"
CAPCOM: "You're breaking up the room down here."
Swigert: "- - because I may be spending time in ... another quarantine besides the one that they are planning for me."
CAPCOM: "We'll see what we can do, Jack."
Lovell: "Is it true that Jack's income tax return was going to be used to buy the ascent fuel for the LM?"
CAPCOM: "Well, considering that he's a bachelor and hasn't got that deduction to take, yes."
Swigert: "Hey, Joe. I'm glad you brought that up, because I was really serious about that."
CAPCOM: "Okay, Jack. We'll - We'll take care of it. Tom Stafford says he'll get an extension for you."
Swigert: "Okay."
On Monday evening I had the movie playing on my DVD - there was actually a "group" watch on YouTube (in the same vain as the Dr. No thing). And while I was doing that, I was plugged into the ApolloInRealTime website, so I could listen to the real event - as it played out 50 years ago. I'm going to post a review of the 1995 movie at some point soon. Yes, I'm a TOTAL nerd for this type of thing! ;-)
BTW: Lowell actually said "We've had a problem" (past tense). In listening to the real time replay last night, it is interesting to note that it took a good 28 minutes for the crew and mission control to conclude that the problem was real - and not the fault of bad instrumentation. While the crew and heard the "bang", initially Mission Control felt that this was a solvable issue. Only after none of the attempted solutions worked, did they conclude that the crew was in "deep sh*t."
Very cool, if you believe in that sort of science.
Here is the live stream:
Fingers and toes crossed! The weather is going to be iffy.
Next attempt will be this Saturday, May 30th.
Not aborted, but scrubbed. Big difference. When the main engines fire but then cut-off we have an abort. An on-pad abort is an abort that happens before the launch vehicle is released. An inflight abort is when the launch vehicle fails. When the launch is canceled before main engine start - we have a scrub.
Sorry. But the space buff in me is all nerd :-). In any case, see you on Saturday afternoon.
BTW: Its a good thing I didn't post in the COVID-19 thread when they were discussing "average" and "median." With stats (my profession BTW), I'm - also - a total nerd!
Docking with the International Space Station is scheduled for 10:29 AM (EST) on Sunday.
youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=llbIzbOStt4
Capsule Endeavor has a nice ring to it.
Congratulations to all involved!
Cool!
(and they've got no doubt the same casting director as Suits ;-)