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The Numbers Game / Chap. 9 p. 79<br />

And there is yet another piece of confusion, whereby the authors of the above book tell<br />

us that Collins 502 flight was in reality Apollo 6. "Yet in April, when Saturn V made its<br />

second flight, designated Apollo 6, it looked for a time as though they might have another<br />

chance." 16<br />

Harry Hurt writes this of the Apollo 7 which only orbited the Earth.<br />

"But unbeknownst to the general public, the Apollo 7 astronauts were flirting with<br />

disaster from the moment they left the launch pad. While the mass media celebrated the<br />

fact that <strong>America</strong> had at least gotten back in the space race, <strong>NASA</strong> quietly compiled a<br />

list of no less than fifty malfunctions that had occurred during the mission. The most<br />

ominous included repeated errors by the spacecraft's guidance and control systems,<br />

inexplicable surges in orbital velocity, a nine minute communications blackout, and the<br />

loss of three days bio-medical monitoring data." 17<br />

Isn't it strange Every test flight of the Apollo Program is about as bad as it can get, yet<br />

for the next nine in a row, most problems disappear.<br />

Still confused So am I. In desperation I sent a letter to <strong>NASA</strong> asking for a complete<br />

listing of every launching for the three space programs. I am still waiting for an answer.<br />

Why didn't I get a response listing the launchings, if they weren't playing a numbers<br />

game Surely, they couldn't be confused too.<br />

<strong>NASA</strong> MOONED AMERICA! / <strong>Rene</strong>

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