Worst of all, if the pyrotechnics that control the parachutes have been damaged, the chutes may not open at all, causing the spacecraft to hit the water not at a gentle 20 miles per hour, but at a suicidal 300.
14 seconds sound clip from the Apollo 13 movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:58:06 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Did Jim make Eagle Scout or not?
- He did.
- If the heat shield is even slightly cracked, the extreme cold could have split it wide open.
- Perhaps never in human history has the entire world been united by such a global drama.
- In New York City, thousands of people have gathered to watch updates of the mission in Times Square.
- Many countries offered help, and the State Department said it would ask for it if it were needed.
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