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John Aaron, EECOM Arthur:Power is everything.Gene Kranz:What do you mean?John Aaron, EECOM Arthur:Without it, they don't talk to us, they don't correct their trajectory, they don't turn the heat shield around. We gotta turn everything off, now. They're not gonna make it to re-entry.Gene Kranz:What do you mean "everything"?John Aaron, EECOM Arthur:With everything on, the LEM draws 60 amps. At that rate, in 16 hours, the batteries are dead, not 45. And so is the crew. We gotta get them down to twelve amps
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Power is everything What do you mean
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Without it they don't talk to us they don't correct their trajectory
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they don't turn the heat shield around
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We gotta turn everything off now They're not gonna make it to reentry
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What do you mean everything With everything on the LEM draws 60 amps
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At that rate in 16 hours the batteries are dead not 45
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And so is the crew We gotta get them down to 12 amps
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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.

