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Grammatical Correction
Without oxygen, needed for breathing and for generating electric power,
Without oxygen, needed for breathing and for generating electrical power, (It's electricAL) 2A02:C7C:804C:A000:C9F7:A7B0:36B5:4956 (talk) 10:35, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
Done, thank you, good find. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:05, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
Slightly incorrect link
... but the LM was powered by silver-zinc batteries ... I think would be more correct, since the link is leading to silver oxide battery page which is the battery with similar chemistry. Source: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/static/history/alsj/a14/a14-43939523-LM10-LM14-Fam-Manual.pdf Lunar Module, LM 10 Through LM 14, Vehicle Familiarization Manual (31 Mb). Grumman Document LMA790-2. 1 November 1969. Scan courtesy Bob Andrepont. Page 3-49, paragraph 3 - 6 . 2 . 1 and 3 - 6 . 2 . 2 MrBart31 (talk) 23:33, 5 September 2025 (UTC)
A YouTube for possible use
I suggest "Apollo 13: What Went Wrong" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCObwsXbSeU be included in "Popular culture..." or "External links". It has a lot of highly detailed and well-explained technical detail. FrankSier (talk) 16:53, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
Abbreviations used in article
Do not know abbreviations you are using ~2026-12513-50 (talk) 00:44, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
- Which ones? Polygnotus (talk) 01:29, 26 February 2026 (UTC)