From: smithm@SPAMBLOCKnetapps.com.au.retro.com   
      
   On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:17:43 GMT   
   henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer) wrote:   
      
   > Astronaut activity in more thinly shielded vehicles   
   > than the CM, such as the lunar module, or in space suits would most   
   > likely be prohibited at these altitudes."   
      
   Makes me wonder if this was thought of during the last hours of Apollo 13.   
      
   http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_13h_Timeline.htm   
      
   has these two events:   
      
   LM jettisoned. 141:30:00.2   
   Entry. 142:40:45.7   
      
   So for the last 70 minutes of the flight the crew had to be in the CM,   
   though without the additional shielding provided by the SM, which   
   separated at 137:40   
      
   Could the spacecraft have been in the upper part of the Van Allen belt when   
   the LM was jettisoned?   
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