Apollo 14 landed where Apollo 13 was going to go

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Socrates II — 11/4/2008 2:12:47 PM (archived)

And Apollo 12 wasn't that far away, relatively speaking. So the Fra
Mauro site was explored.

Apollo 14 was the closest mission to resemble what Apollo 13 would
have been like had it been completely successful. And ironically,
Alan Shepard was supposed to command Apollo 13, but NASA felt
he needed more training time, so they switched teams.

I wonder how he would have handed the problems on Apollo 13?

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NASA improvised during the early years and... - Raoul - 11/1/2008 7:41:33 AM
- YOU Forgot APOLLO 13 - carl - 11/3/2008 9:54:09 PM
  - re: Indeed, you're right - Raoul - 11/3/2008 10:27:50 PM
    - Wrongo, RAOUL - carl - 11/4/2008 12:26:56 AM
      - And Apollo 13 did conduct some science - Socrates II - 11/4/2008 2:59:46 AM
        
        But there's one place less on the Moon, that was explored (n/t) - Raoul - 11/4/2008 6:36:45 AM
        
        Apollo 14 landed where Apollo 13 was going to go - Socrates II - 11/4/2008 2:12:47 PM
        
        And had 13 been successful, where would 14 have landed? - Raoul - 11/4/2008 5:00:23 PM
        
        I wished they had explored Tycho and Copernicus - Socrates II - 11/4/2008 5:37:31 PM
        
        Exploring without the rover - Raoul - 11/4/2008 7:27:25 PM
        
        "j" Missions Moved Up - carl - 11/6/2008 8:07:41 PM
        
        It was a good thing that Project Apollo ended when it did. - Jacob - 11/4/2008 5:17:15 PM
        
        re: Deflectors - Raoul - 11/4/2008 9:34:40 PM
        
        Maybe Orion can use an ion shield - Socrates II - 11/4/2008 5:39:39 PM
        
        Good information to know. Thanks (n/t) - Jacob - 11/5/2008 7:48:56 PM

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