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Those astronauts must cringe each time they hear the conspiracy nuts say it didn't happen.

If you look as most early space shots, none of them were routine and most of them were considered test flights of the capsules and landers.

Even the math to get the craft lined up with the moon was incredible. If one calculation was off, they weren't coming back (or getting there).

[Muddy]

How did it take back off?

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How did it take back off?

If I remember right, the capsule part that held the astronauts kind of 'exploded' separated from the landing gear with enough force to get it back up into the moon's orbit where the Apollo capsule was waiting to pick them up for the trip back to Earth. They only needed fuel to land.

[Muddy]

If I remember right, the capsule part that held the astronauts kind of 'exploded' separated from the landing gear with enough force to get it back up into the moon's orbit where the Apollo capsule was waiting to pick them up for the trip back to Earth. They only needed fuel to land.

Id like to see an infographic on the whole thing. I wonder how it re-attached to the Apollo capsule..?

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Id like to see an infographic on the whole thing. I wonder how it re-attached to the Apollo capsule..?

I was wrong, it had an ascent engine to get it off the moon when it separated from the landing gear. It was the descent engine that almost ran out of fuel. It shows them both around the middle of the infographic

[Muddy]

Thanks, im gonna read this in a bit.. I need to do some work.

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In the entire state of Ohio in 1895, there were only two cars on the road, and the drivers of these two cars crashed into each other.

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The Mystery of Ireland’s Worst Driver

Details of how police in the Irish Republic finally caught up with the country's most reckless driver have emerged, the Irish Times reports.

He had been wanted from counties Cork to Cavan after racking up scores of speeding tickets and parking fines.

However, each time the serial offender was stopped he managed to evade justice by giving a different address.

But then his cover was blown.

It was discovered that the man every member of the Irish police's rank and file had been looking for - a Mr Prawo Jazdy - wasn't exactly the sort of prized villain whose apprehension leads to an officer winning an award.

In fact he wasn't even human.

"Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish for driving licence and not the first and surname on the licence," read a letter from June 2007 from an officer working within the Garda's traffic division.

"Having noticed this, I decided to check and see how many times officers have made this mistake.

"It is quite embarrassing to see that the system has created Prawo Jazdy as a person with over 50 identities."

The officer added that the "mistake" needed to be rectified immediately and asked that a memo be circulated throughout the force.

In a bid to avoid similar mistakes being made in future relevant guidelines were also amended.

And if nothing else is learnt from this driving-related debacle, Irish police officers should now know at least two words of Polish.

As for the seemingly elusive Mr Prawo Jazdy, he has presumably become a cult hero among Ireland's second largest immigrant population.


Source:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/n...nd/7899171.stm

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