The astronauts James Lovell, Fred Haise and John Swigert, the crew of Apollo 13, have been further from the Earth than anyone else, more than 400,170 kilometres on 15 April 1970. Why did they fly that far?
- a) Because of a mix-up of centimetres and inches in the manufacturing process. (0%)
- b) Because of a mix-up of centimetres and inches in steering the spacecraft. (0%)
- c) In order to speed up their damaged spacecraft by passing around the Moon. (100%)
- d) Because Haise and Lovell had made a bet that Swigert would become alarmed when the Earth disappeared from their sight. (0%)
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