Tribapalooza '95: Apollo 13 Flaws 
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From: jgearhar@oboe.aix.calpoly.edu


|  Top Ten  TECHNICAL ERRORS/ANACHRONISMS in the movie "Apollo 13"
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|  compiled by a bunch of genuine NASA dweebs who actually noticed
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|  10.  The NASA "worm" logo appears on a glass door.
|       The logo was not developed until 1976.
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|   9.  One engineer checks an astronaut's addition using a slide
|       rule.  Slide rules are not used for addition.
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|   8.  Jim Lovell's license plate is new.
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|   7.  The astronauts point out the Sea of Tranquility while on
|       the dark side of the moon.  It is on the other side.
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|   6.  A technician at the cape is wearing a Rockwell Intl logo
|       on his coveralls.  The Apollo capsule was built by North
|       American, which did not become Rockwell Intl until after
|       the Apollo program.
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|   5.  The gantry arms for the Saturn V are released in unison,
|       not one at a time.
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|   4.  During entry, the spacecraft is shown hurling directly
|       at the earth.  At that angle, it would punch a brief
|       but fiery hole through the atmosphere.  It should be
|       aiming toward the horizon.
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|   3.  The paint pattern on the Saturn V is for the test
|       configuration, not the launch configuration.
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|   2.  The astronauts look at their intended landing site while
|       on the dark side of the moon.  It is a good thing they
|       didn't land - no communications with planet Earth, it's
|       dark and very cold.
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|   AND THE NUMBER ONE TECHNICAL ERROR/ANACHRONISM in APOLLO 13 is:
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|   1.  In space, from outside the capsule, propulsion jets
|       do not make any noise.