The Old Sailors' Tool That Saved Apollo 13

In the 1700s, sailors used sextants to navigate the seas. Centuries later, these old-timey tools saved the day on not one, but two of the Apollo missions!

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Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVCNS2jQQ6g
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ArchimedesSpiral.html
https://timeandnavigation.si.edu/navigating-space/challenges
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http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a13/AS13_TEC.PDF

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_13_Saturn_V_during_rollout.jpg
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