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jimlup

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17. I remember the launch of Apollo 12

Reply to LudwigPastorius (Reply #16)

Wed May 27, 2020, 08:47 PM

May 2020

We watching had no idea that the electrical dropped out during that critical phase right after the lighting strike!

They got lucky and everything restarted correctly and then on to the moon. It was a close call.

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