Jack Swigert
This goo was worth a point in October 2024.
publication date: Monday, October 28, 2024 (part of October 2024)
category: 
Disasters
clue: Have you ever had one of those bad days at work when everything goes wrong, and it's extra frustrating because you were only there to cover for a sick co-worker?
explanation: Swigert was not supposed to be on the doomed Apollo 13 flight, but was assigned to take over as the lunar module pilot after Ken Mattingly was exposed to measles. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Denise Sawicki
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