🚣 The Lifeboat
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What do you do when you’re in space and your only source of oxygen is slipping through your fingers? How do you solve problems that are so complex no one even thought they could occur? And how did one man change the minds of the smartest people in NASA, by just looking out a window? β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” Saving Apollo 13 is the incredible story of NASA's Apollo 13 mission, told by Forensic Engineer Sean Brady. It’s the story of the spacecraft that failed en route to the moon, and the feats of human ingenuity that saved the lives of the 3 men aboard. Saving Apollo 13 is produced by: β€’ forensic engineering firm Brady Heywood, and β€’ leading podcast agency Wavelength Creative.
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