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Author Topic: -23:41:34 First indication mission is go with Swigert  (Read 6693 times)

chrisp

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-23:41:34 First indication mission is go with Swigert
« on: April 24, 2020, 04:06:50 am »
https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/?t=-23:41:34&ch=7

Word is leaking out that the mission is going to proceed with Jack Swigert replacing Ken Mattingly.

And then it's official:
https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/?t=-23:39:50&ch=3

RETRO didn't think that was going to happen:
https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/?t=-23:37:41&ch=19

He's not the only one:
https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/?t=-23:31:54&ch=23

« Last Edit: April 24, 2020, 04:19:08 am by chrisp »

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Re: -23:41:34 First indication mission is go with Swigert
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2020, 06:27:41 pm »
LM GNC finds out, leading to discussion (half joking) as to whether the delay to allow Mattingly to be cleared would have cost $800,000 or $8 billion.
https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/?t=-23:37:19&ch=57

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Re: -23:41:34 First indication mission is go with Swigert
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2020, 02:48:35 am »
All really good finds - very interesting to hear the controllers' viewpoint on this! It's also interesting to me that so many people were on console nearly 24 hours before the launch.

In case it's of interest to anyone, RETRO is the second speaker in the exchange linked above (ie not the person who says "I never would have guessed"), and it's Chuck Deiterich.