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Old March 5th 07, 02:38 AM posted to sci.space.history
Henry Spencer
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Default Did Apollo do a burn prior to re-entry?

In article .com,
Hyper wrote:
The heat shield would have withstood 2 additional reentries (skip
+final), but I don't know whether the oxygen whould have run out or
not.
Anyone care to enlighten me regarding O2 supplies on Appolo?


Power, cooling, oxygen, etc. all were good for only a few hours after
separation from the SM.
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