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The most famous carbon dioxide absorber (howequipmentworks.com)
17 points by bemmu 3 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments
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breakyerself 22 minutes ago | next [–]
It's a fun read. It does seem to imply that the parachutes slowed them down from 25,000 mph, but the heat shield smashing through the atmosphere would have
slowed them down first.
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wolfi1 17 minutes ago | prev | next [–]
and I thought the most famous carbon dioxide absorber would be caustic potash solution
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josefritzishere 8 minutes ago | prev | next [–]
Many of us knew the story from books, or even the Tom Hanks Apollo 13 film, but the detail here is fascinating.
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jrflowers 49 minutes ago | prev [–]
> On July 21, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped off the ladder of his spacecraft and became the first human to walk on the Moon. The first words spoken by him on
the Moon that day are still remembered.
>[img that misquotes Neil Armstrong]
is a hilarious way to start
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RandallBrown 19 minutes ago | parent | next [–]
I believe Neil Armstrong said that is the correct quote, it just dropped the "a" in the transmission.
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rolandog 40 minutes ago | parent | prev [–]
To be fair, they did not say they were remembered correctly.
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jrflowers 27 minutes ago | root | parent [–]
Or who remembers them (not the person that made the image)
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