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Email required. Apollo 13 Launch The space vehicle crew consisted of James A. Lovell, Jr. Swigert, Jr. Haise, Jr. The Apollo 13 Mission was planned as a lunar landing mission but was aborted en route to the moon after about 56 hours of flight due to loss of service module cryogenic oxygen and consequent loss of capability to generate electrical power, to provide oxygen and to produce water. Spacecraft systems performance was nominal until the fans in cryogenic oxygen tank 2 were turned on at ground elapsed time GET.
About 2 seconds after energizing the fan circuit, a short was indicated in the current from fuel cell 3, which was supplying power to cryogenic oxygen tank 2 fans. Within several additional seconds, two other shorted conditions occurred. Electrical shorts in the fan circuit ignited the wire insulation, causing temperature and pressure to increase within cryogenic oxygen tank 2.
The spaceflight forced the astronauts to make critical repairs to the craft's carbon-dioxide removal system. Despite loss of power, limited cabin heat and a shortage of potable water, the crew converted a potentially catastrophic loss into a victory of will and grace under pressure.
As much as we want to avoid failure, and as much as scientists seek to set expectations about the outcomes of an experiment, we must also recognize that failing to embrace unexpected results is a threat to our understanding of science. How can we learn to succeed if we are not familiar with the obstacles to success? How can we solve a problem if we do not concede that almost every problem has a solution, even if some problems like proving the existence of the Higgs boson , the so-called "God particle" go unsolved for decades or centuries, and the solutions seem beyond our realm of comprehension?
More people need to understand that failure is not a bad thing, because it can be a source of inspiration rather than a means of exasperation. The fear of failure keeps too many bright and capable minds from shooting for the stars, prevents them from reaching their full potential and, in turn, impedes the growth and innovation of society as a whole — all because of the negative connotation of failure.
We must, therefore, encourage our fellow citizens — teachers, students, scientists and explorers alike — to treat failure as a way to foolproof a solution, not as a fool's errand or an error only a fool would make.
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