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Posted on August 29, 2018

As near as Lovell could tell, it would be a while before the ship’s endgame would play out. He had no way of calculating the leak rate in the tank, but if the moving needle was any indication, he had a couple hours at least before the 318 pounds of oxygen were gone.

P1-location of major electrical power subsystem equipment

P3-Hydrogen Cryogenic tank

P2-Electrical power subsystem components in CM lower equipment bay