Abort from Mars & Venus Missions (1970)
In the middle of the Apollo 13 crisis of April 1970, a mathematician at Bellcomm, NASA's planning contractor, calculated the length of time astronauts would need to abort to Earth following a malfunction during the outbound phase of a Mars or Venus orbiter mission. What he found was in no way reassuring. ...
Published By: Wired - Wednesday, 20 June, 2012
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