# Apollo 13 question (no spoilers in OP) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-question-no-spoilers-in-op/87318 "2001-10-14T02:16:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-question-no-spoilers-in-op/87318/21 "2001-10-18T02:10:49Z")
_Lost Moon_\* was a very good book. And I don’t think the title is crappy at all. See the documentary on the DVD to learn more about the zero gee filming. I remember the mission. I was too young to really understand what was going on. I had this image of the astronauts in the LM, and they were holding the hatch shut with their shoulders to keep the black cloud of carbon dioxide from getting in. I was a real “space kid”, but I was still a bit light on the science. I remember that they took us into the auditorium at school and wheeled in a colour teevee so that we could watch the… _ **SPOILER!!!** _ …splashdown. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-question-no-spoilers-in-op/87318/22 "2001-10-18T04:18:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by panamajack \* > \*\*I don’t think _Lost Moon_ is a crappy title. Though I haven’t read it, I understand that it is actually Jim Lovell’s perspective. \*\* Actually, it’s not. It’s from a third-person narrator’s perspective, and Lovell is refered to by his name, not “I.” It was so well written that I forgot he co-wrote it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-question-no-spoilers-in-op/87318.md?page=1)