Talk:Apollo 13

dehydration
Now the cause of the infection is mentioned twice, and they slightly differ, because the first is more nuance. Leaving out the dehydration the second team avoids repetition and confusion Dajasj (talk) 13:23, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * No need to leave it out as it adds an important historical descriptor of the astronaut's life within the capsule. Not clear on what you think causes confusion. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:29, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I would leave it in to stress they dehydrated themselves. Which they didn't have to, they had been told there was sufficient water to drink. Wehwalt (talk) 13:41, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * But before we write: "This infection was probably caused by the reduced water intake, but microgravity and effects of cosmic radiation might have impaired his immune system's reaction to the pathogen." Which is more nuanced than the latter description. Dajasj (talk) 14:08, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Both mentions seem fine as descriptors. The microgravity and cosmic radiation seem a stretch in either case, he purposely dehydrated himself (never a wise move). Randy Kryn (talk) 14:13, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * But my point is, as a reader you have already read about the cause of the infection, with more context, shortly before. I makes sense that we mention the infection again, but why repeat the presumed cause? Dajasj (talk) 14:18, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Not every reader (or most if not almost all) reads an entire article of this length. Many read sections which interest them. Besides, the mention is not disruptive but descriptive, and many things and events - even 'Apollo 13' itself - are mentioned numerous times. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:27, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 November 2023
Apollo 13 still holds the record for being the manned space flight which has been farthest from Earth. This is a record I think should be mentioned in the lead of the article, not least because it still stands, half a century later. Bandyman Desire (talk) 20:17, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
 * My thought is that the current lead, which is more or less in the form it passed FAC in, sticks to the essentials and avoids trivia. That Apollo 13 went the furthest from Earth had more to do with the position of the Moon than anything else.--Wehwalt (talk) 20:40, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
 * It's still a vital fact to add to the article. If you don't want it in the lead, where do you think it should be noted?
 * Bandyman Desire (talk) 10:48, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
 * The record is already noted on the page, in the section ‘Looping around the Moon’:
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 *  “At pericynthion, Apollo 13 set the record (per the Guinness Book of World Records), which still stands, for the highest absolute altitude attained by a crewed spacecraft: 400,171 kilometers (248,655 mi) from Earth at 7:21 pm EST, April 14 (00:21:00 UTC April 15).”  Voteins (talk) 11:00, 19 November 2023 (UTC)


 * And you think that is the best place for it? Is 'highest altitude [from something unnamed]' the best way of describing 'farthest from Earth'?
 * Bandyman Desire (talk) 11:22, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I feel it's the best place for it. It wasn't a goal of the mission, it happened as the result of other things, the lead section focuses on the events of the mission and how it is remembered and that is how it should be. Wehwalt (talk) 13:55, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Cause of accident
What caused the accident on Apollo 13 102.88.70.114 (talk) 14:32, 24 April 2024 (UTC)


 * What the answer 102.88.70.114 (talk) 14:33, 24 April 2024 (UTC)


 * It's covered in the section "Investigation and response". TJRC (talk) 18:03, 24 April 2024 (UTC)