<story><title>Apollo 13 in Real Time</title><url>https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>st_goliath</author><text>If you are even tangentially interested in the Apollo program, or by extension Apollo 13, I can strongly recommend the book &amp;quot;Apollo 13&amp;quot;, formerly sold as &amp;quot;Lost Moon&amp;quot;, by Jim Lovell and Jeff Kluger.&lt;p&gt;The book briefly outlines Lovells early life and career as a test pilot up to the Gemini and Apollo programs, and the Apollo 8 mission before spending the bulk of the book recounting Apollo 13.&lt;p&gt;Even on the earlier missions and programs, the book is full of interesting tidbits, anecdotes and explanations. Particularly with Apollo 13 it is IMO quite gripping to read about the myriad of issues that came up and how they were discussed and dissected on the ground to systematically come up with a viable solution.&lt;p&gt;From the movie adaptation, I guess one of the more commonly know issues was the LiOH CO2 scrubber, where the CSM canisters didn&amp;#x27;t fit into the LEM. While apparently a lot less dramatic in real life, there were &lt;i&gt;tons&lt;/i&gt; of other issues that the movie glossed over, from accidentally loosing navigation data while moving over from one computer to the other, the &lt;i&gt;two&lt;/i&gt; course correction burns that were needed, exploding lead-acid batteries on the LEM, etc...&lt;p&gt;Anyway, as I said before, it&amp;#x27;s IMO a good read and I can strongly recommend the book.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apollo 13 in Real Time</title><url>https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Waterluvian</author><text>Perhaps not commercially viable but I would love to pay like… $100 for me and two friends to sit in a mock-up CM+LEM and replay a time compressed (say, 30 min) scenario such as the 13 catastrophe, or 11 moon landing, a reentry, etc. CAPCOM can be the moderator who can provide an appropriate level of guidance. Switches and buttons can flash to indicate the ones to press. Or even a “you’re on your own” for hardcore fans or people who love to screw with the script and die in a glorious explosion.</text></comment>