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Author Topic: 138:24:06 Bold joke by Kerwin to Lovell  (Read 2979 times)

Offline Hetty van der Klis

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138:24:06 Bold joke by Kerwin to Lovell
« on: April 17, 2020, 11:21:26 am »
https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/?t=138:23:49

138:24:06 - "Lovell: Well, I can't say that this week hasn't been filled with excitement."
Kerwin : "Well, James, if you can't take any better care of a spacecraft than that, we might not give you another one."

Offline MadDogBV

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Re: 138:24:06 Bold joke by Kerwin to Lovell
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2020, 03:08:46 pm »
Astronauts are a very tight fraternity and they do rib each other from time to time. There probably would have been an uproar if the joke came from Glynn Lunney or Gene Kranz.  ;)