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to earth via a trajectory around the moon, instead of turning

immediately back. They used the moon landing craft as a

lifeboat for the astronauts when the primary spacecraft lost its

oxygen supply. They forged an ad hoc adapter to solve a prob-

lem with the moon landing craft’s breathing apparatus (we’ll

have more to say about this story later). As the damaged, jury-

rigged spacecraft neared home, the team figured out how to

use a heater cable rigged backwards to charge the main space-

craft batteries from the moon landing craft batteries, some-

thing “never envisioned.” On the final approach, they correct-

ed a shallow re-entry angle, saving the ship ...