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...still very much in trouble, there was one consolation: if the accident had to happen, it had occurred when the astronauts and Mission Control could do something about it. Had the service module become disabled later in the mission?during the lunar landing or afterward, when Aquarius had been discarded???the astronauts would have been doomed. The lunar module, lacking a heat shield to withstand the awesome temperatures of reentry, could not carry the crew back to the earth's surface. But its oxygen, electrical power and descent engine were vital to the safe return of Odyssey...
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