Re: Apollo 13 / 14

"Derek Lyons" <fairwater@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Richard Fangnail <richardfangnail@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

When they did Apollo 14, why couldn't they use some of the astronauts
who had been on Apollo 13?

Because the 14 crew was already well along in their training pipeline
by the time 13 flew.

Which ironically had been bumped UP to give the 14 crew more time to train
once Shepard had been assigned to the crew.

Besides, it's not like you get a consolation prize.



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