A Scientist Reacts to Apollo 13: Why Getting It Right Matters

Finally, my long-promised reaction video to the 1995 classic Apollo 13. The movie does a great job of explaining this like free-return trajectories, so I focus on things the movie doesn't explain, like what a cryo stir is and how CO2 scrubbers work. I also place some of the movie scenes side-by-side with the transcript from the mission communications to see what they kept and what they changed. This video was a joy to make and I hope you'll like it too.

Chapter Breaks:
00:00 - Intro
02:05 - Apollo 1
05:04 - Covering the Moon
05:34 - Marilyn Lovell, RIP
06:53 - We Just Decided to Go
08:49 - The Measles
13:05 - Launch
20:41 - Houston, We Have A Problem
29:04 - Covering the Earth
30:39 - The CO2 Problem
32:09 - Reentry
36:20 - Overview and Outro