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December 8, 2004
SCE to Aux
My favorite space program story is on Apollo 12. 12 was hit by lighting, and it caused a power failure. Controller John Aaron knew of a little switch called "SCE" that if flipped to Aux would reset the electronics.
Had John Aaron not known about the SCE switch, Apollo 12 would've aborted - using a Return to Earth trajectory designed by my father.
So I have a little bit of a personal connection to the space program. Which leads me to the reason I'm discussing this on my blog. Alright - Bush won. What does this mean? He owes me one Mars trip, with a side trip to the Moon. If there's such thing as a silver lining, this is it. So Mr. President - you owe me one trip to Mars. Let's get started.
Remember - Nixon funded the Space Shuttle.
Posted by MikeSager at December 8, 2004 3:39 PM
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This is indeed a grand story in the Apollo era. I use SCE to AUX in my daily life.
Posted by: russ at April 10, 2005 12:07 PM
Nixon actually cut the funding for the Shuttle, due to his cut backs, the system has to be drastically redesigned, which led to many future problems with the vechile and program
Posted by: collocation at May 19, 2005 8:42 PM
Well, I have to admit, I have alway been a bit enamoured about that story after having seen the show. I too have used the phrase "SCE to AUX" BUT. . . I would remind you that President Nixon also brought about the formation of the DEA and the EPA. Ever expanding bureauacracies.
Posted by: Raoul at August 29, 2005 6:09 AM
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