The previous hasty post, Bailey's Beads, missed one technical detail of the rescue from Lunar orbit. Releasing the contents of the air tank reduced the satellite's orbital velocity enough to enable the satellite to descend and land with the three men attached: a technical solution to a technical problem. However, at the end of the story, Wister's domestic difficulties remain unchanged.
Also in this story:
"'As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land -'" (p. 99)
-see here.
The three rescued astronauts:
"...were the men with whom he would like sometime to sail the route of Odysseus." (p. 84)
Wister imagines:
"'My son the first human being to walk on Titan beneath ringed Saturn.'" (ibid.)
4 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
And one thing I recalled about "Escape From Orbit" was how Wister returned home to try coping with difficult and frustrating personal issues.
Sean
Any thoughts about comparing/contrasting "Escape from Orbit" with the Apollo 13 Mission?
-kh
No thoughts from me but everyone else is welcome.
Paul.
Kaor, Keith!
Nor I as well, I fear. I would need to research in depth the Apollo XIII incident and three reread "Escape From Orbit" before I could pretend to speak somewhat sensibly about this near disaster.
Sean
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