Jim Lovell
■ Apollo 13’s accident happened at probably the best time for NASA. It was the fifth Apollo flight to the moon, and by the time it took off, people at home were getting bored. Just before the explosion, I was in the lunar module doing a TV broadcast. I was filming Fred Haise, who was telling everybody back on Earth what we. And the third had a ball game that everybody was watching, including people in the Mission Control Center. Then the explosion occurred and suddenly it became: Can we save these guys? If I had been part of the third lunar landing, do you think you’d be talking to me right now?
