I was rummaging through the dark depths of
nasascam to anger myself, and although there are too many ridiculous things there to discuss on a thread or try to e-mail the owner about, I did come upon this puzzling statement:
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It would have been impossible for the astronauts to get from the Command Module to the conical space capsule, as the heat shield would obstruct them. It would have also been impossible for them to get out at the conical/pointed end of space capsule, as this section was occupied by the 3 large reentry parachutes, which ejected from the conical end.
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What the frleckerlies does that mean? What is the "conical space capsule"? As far as I know, the Apollo CM was the only conical part of the CSM/LM stack. Perhaps the astronauts rode into orbit inside the SPS? I believe (wink wink) that this is another example of the confusion of the author of nasascam. What does he think the Command Module is? Does he think it's the LM? I am really befuddled by this statement.
Also, he uses the word "conical" a time too many
and the astronauts did not climb out of the top of the Command Module after splashdown, but rather exited through the side hatch. (I know you all know that, but I'll include a picture just for the heck of it.) 8)
BTW, while searching for a decent Apollo recovery picture, I stumbled across
this site, a great collection of pictures from the Apollo 17 mission.[/img]