Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login
Apollo 13 transcripts "Houston, we've had a problem" (spacelog.org)
91 points by tomeast on Dec 2, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 10 comments



I'm blown away by the user interface and visual design on this site. What a great way to make transcripts seem more lively, and attached to real people.


It really is exceptional. Way better than just reading the logs.


That is cool - both the transcript, but more importantly the web site. Is that built on some kind of open source software, or did they roll their own?


https://github.com/spacelog/spacelog. -- looks like it's built with Django, Redis, Xapian, and a few other things.


I find it amazing how collected and professional folks stayed during this. They reported the issue, communicated information, nobody seems to have freaked out like I probably would have.


Years of military training will do that for you. :)



Yeah, sorry about that - I was especially interested in this part of the transcript and didn't notice the other submissions beforehand


It took me a second to realize this is probably an OCR error:

http://apollo13.spacelog.org/02:09:38:58/#show-selection


Here's the actual audio:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vZa7g14F-Y

It's right in the beginning, and they definitely say "we've had a problem."




Consider applying for YC's W25 batch! Applications are open till Nov 12.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: