Ed Smylie, der die Apollo 13 -Crew mit Klebeband gerettet hat, stirbt bei 95 (Geschenkartikel)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/science/space/ed-smylie-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Hk8.NnFL.9AoTUFl0MB3D&smid=url-share
Ed Smylie, der die Apollo 13 -Crew mit Klebeband gerettet hat, stirbt bei 95 (Geschenkartikel)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/science/space/ed-smylie-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Hk8.NnFL.9AoTUFl0MB3D&smid=url-share
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RIP to a legend. Imagine saving a bunch of dudes in a tin can, in space, with freaking duct tape.
„Well, I suggest you gentlemen invent a way to put a square peg in a round hole. Rapidly.“ And they did.
That scene in Apollo 13 is so good. All that pressure they were under, and the absolute MacGuyvering they had to pull off from thousands of miles away in such a short span of time, and they still pulled it off and saved the crew. Hard to imagine how different space exploration would be without Smylie and those other engineers.