The main thesis of this book is really not stated but rather it is really a given, to go to learn more about the moon. Alan Shepard’s ear infection had flared up, therefore his crew was bumped from the primary flight crew to a later mission, and instead Jim Lovell’s crew was bumped up to the primary flight crew for the Apollo 13 mission. Two days before the scheduled Apollo 13 mission. Blood work came …showed first 75 words of 818 total…

…showed last 75 words of 818 total…Gene interrupted and said, “with all do respect gentleman this will be our finest hour.” As you might expect, all of the crewmembers made it safely back, but it was also defiantly one for the books. Their mission was called the successful failure. Months later they figured out that a damaged coil built inside the oxygen tank sparked the electrical explosion and was put in 2 years before Lovell was even scheduled to be in command.