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Up, up, up went the temperature in a fuel line on the
descent engine. Up, up went the pressure. Rocket science
rule number one? Do not allow the fuel to become
unstable. Instability equals unpredictability - and
unpredictability is just another word for random
explosions and all sorts of unwanted chaos.
- Team Moon: How 400,000 People
Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon,
Catherine Thimmesh
It shows that the spacecraft was not ready for flight.
It shows that NASA had not prepared the
astronauts.
0 It shows how difficult the Apollo 11 mission really
was.
0 It shows how unpredictable rocket science really is.