Word: glitchesâ
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...apparent precision, there were glitches???those unexpected bugs that seem to plague the 15 million-part Apollos on all space voyages. The astronauts were just about to settle down for a leisurely coast to the moon when suddenly a yellow light flashed on, signaling that the command ship's main rocket, the 20,500-lb. service propulsion engine, had been switched on. Immediately there was fear that the moon landing would have to be aborted, but the experts in Houston soon diagnosed the problem as a faulty switch...
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