completely novel checklist, one that took into account a host of anomalous factors. The batteries in the C.S.M. would have to function for a matter of hours instead of the usual half-hour or forty-five minutes. The LEM was going to execute preparatory maneuvers that were ordinarily done with the S.P.S. engine. The crew would be powering up a command module that had been cold and wet for more than three days. Once the White Team had compiled this checklist, they would have to couch it in such a way that its hundreds of steps could be copied and understood by an exhausted crew.
