Post by Jorge on Apr 11, 2020 21:06:39 GMT -5
Some thing I had forgotten about ...
Five decades ago today, at 13:13 hours local Daylight Savings Time, Apollo 13 blasted off from the pad at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on the eastern shores of Florida. None of the people there that day, nor the thousands around the world that saw the launch that day, could imagine that in a few days this mission would become in one fell swoop not just America's greatest technological accident up to that time, but it's greatest technological achievement to date. The actions of the crew of the Odyssey and the Aquarius, when combined with the tireless efforts of the ground crew supporting them, came to epitomize the resilience of America and it's people.
As we face the challenges of today we can all look back at this particular mission of our space program with pride and take strength knowing that we are capable of doing such things when we put ourselves to the task. Once we have come back from the abyss we have been thrust into, there is no reason we cannot once again continue on the road to excellence that the men - and women - of this little praised generation placed us on exactly half a century ago today.
Good luck to all of you, God Bless, and may you all be healthy in the days, weeks, and months to come!
Jorge
Miami, FL
Five decades ago today, at 13:13 hours local Daylight Savings Time, Apollo 13 blasted off from the pad at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on the eastern shores of Florida. None of the people there that day, nor the thousands around the world that saw the launch that day, could imagine that in a few days this mission would become in one fell swoop not just America's greatest technological accident up to that time, but it's greatest technological achievement to date. The actions of the crew of the Odyssey and the Aquarius, when combined with the tireless efforts of the ground crew supporting them, came to epitomize the resilience of America and it's people.
As we face the challenges of today we can all look back at this particular mission of our space program with pride and take strength knowing that we are capable of doing such things when we put ourselves to the task. Once we have come back from the abyss we have been thrust into, there is no reason we cannot once again continue on the road to excellence that the men - and women - of this little praised generation placed us on exactly half a century ago today.
Good luck to all of you, God Bless, and may you all be healthy in the days, weeks, and months to come!
Jorge
Miami, FL
