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If the heat shield is cracked, the extreme cold could've split it wide open. 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
If the heat shield is cracked, the extreme cold could've split it wide open. 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
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lf the heat shield is even slightly cracked
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the extreme cold could have split it wide open
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Worst of all if the pyrotechnics that control the parachutes
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have been damaged the chutes may not open at all
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causing the spacecraft to hit the water not at a gentle 20 miles per hour
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but at a suicidal 300
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Movie Summary
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
