Fred Haie's Apollo 13 Mission

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“We just kept putting off the worry as we focused on the next problem and how to solve it (-Fred Haise). Fred Haise was born in Biloxi Mississippi US on November 14th 1933. When he was 28 he was recruited by the Military during the Berlin Crisis of 1961. He served the military for 10 months. Eventually he was recruited for the Apollo 13 mission. During the flight one of the oxygen tanks exploded forcing NASA and the astronauts to abort the mission. The astronauts used the lunar module as a lifeboat and used the moon as a slingshot to launch them back to Earth. Fred Haise Pioneered space exploration, while persisting to innovate ways to overcome human curiosity, and illuminated the world by expanding knowledge.

Fred Haise was an Astronaut on Apollo 13 that launched on April 11th 1970. About halfway into the voyage to the moon “A crewmember had unknowingly triggered the explosion by stirring the tanks of liquid oxygen” (“Apollo 13”, 2007). As the liquid nitrogen tanks …show more content…

He was faced with a life or death situation orbiting the moon. He also suffered from Hypothermia and dehydration with limited resources in the lunar module. During the flight Fred Haise suffered from a colon disease from lack of water due to limited resources. Oxygen wasn't a problem (“Mission Highlights,” n.d.). Two emergency bottles on top of those packs each had six or seven pounds in them. At LM jettison just before reentry 28.5 pounds of oxygen remained, more than half of what was available after the explosion (“Mission Highlights,” n.d.). The trip was marked by discomfort beyond the lack of food and water. Sleep was almost impossible because of the cold (“Mission Highlights,” n.d.). I believe that Fred Haise used the persistence habit of mind to get into NASA and survive a 55 hour 46 minute journey around the moon. If he would have not persisted during this event he and the crew may not have made it back to

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