On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:06:02 GMT, in a place far, far away, John
Schutkeker made the phosphor on my
monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

Remember that Apollo 13 was in a very difficult situation, with antique
technology and a lot farther from home, but some very creative NASA
engineers, "flying" by the seat of their pants, solved the problem.

They had nothing to lose.