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This video tells the story of how one man in Mission Control against all odds saved a lightning damaged Apollo 12 that was about to be blown up only thirty-six seconds after takeoff…
I seen this clip on the History Channel years ago and the story has stuck with me ever since.
I like the nerdy heroism aspect and how it all was told from the different viewpoints of the original people involved.
This miraculous saving of Apollo 12 earned John Aaron a legendary reputation within NASA and ever since he’s been known as a steely-eyed missile man, which apparently is a huge complement in NASA culture.
SCE to AUX, you just never know what random bit of knowledge might end up saving the day 0_o.
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I was always fascinated by science and Engineering at that level, I think anybody who likes science and it´s complexity has dreamt of being one of them, I used to dream that I would work for NASA when I was little lol
Nairim,
Ha me too. I always wanted to be an astronaut as far back as I can remember, I used to sit on the couch with my back on the bottom part of the seat and pretend I was in a space shuttle blasting off into outer space.
Then when I learned about what mission control did I wanted to do that too. They both seem like really exciting (yet super stressful) jobs.