CapCom Jack Lousma, feeling a little apologetic that the MOCR didn’t seem to be able to pull a rabbit out of the hat tonight, called up to the crew. “Thirteen,” he said, “we’ve got lots and lots of people working on this. We’ll get you some dope as soon as we have it, and you’ll be the first to know.” There was a pause of several seconds, and then back from Odyssey came Jim Lovell’s voice, as dry as the 200,000 miles of vacuum it had crossed: “Oh. Thank you.” It was classy, it was cool, and it reminded his listeners: This episode might be a strain on you folks in the MOCR, and that’s too bad,
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