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qrushtoday at 12:27 AM1 replyview on HN

Apparently there's more work than just clicking "Recover Vessel" after splashdown!


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dingalingtoday at 1:43 AM

1 hour 29 minutes seems excessive to extract the astronauts; if any of them _did_ have a medical issue they'd be in for a long wait.

The commentary said that the initial problems with the boats approaching Integrity was due to an unexpected swell. Unexpected, in the Pacific?

Edit: all of the Apollo missions, except 8, had their stabilization collars inflated in under 20 minutes. With Integrity today it took nearly an hour more.

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