Chapter 13 Wednesday, April 15, 01:30
There were beds now in the rooms at Mission Control. Some of the tired controllers were asleep in them. Other men studied books and plans.
In space, the astronauts were tired too. They were also cold and wet.
Jack was in the dark command module. He wrote some numbers down.
"something isn't right". he thought. He studied the numbers again, then went into the lunar module.
"Look at the numbers," he said to the other astronauts. "We're going to fly past the Earth. Then we'll start to move around the Sun."
Jim and Fred looked at him.
"How do you know?" asked Fred. He didn't feel well. He was very cold, but his head was hot.
"I know!" Jack said. He sounded angry.
"The Mission Control men are working on the numbers too," said Jim."They're smart men."
"I think they made a mistake."
"Then they'll tell us about it."
"I don't think they will," said Jack. "They're not going to tell us about their mistakes." "That's crazy," shouted Fred.
"Listen, i only changed the oxygen controls," Jack said. "And what happened? Everything broke."
"Did you read the controls before you changed them?" asked Fred.
Jack looked at him angrily.
"Don't tell me about Odyssey. I can fly this ship. Mission Control said, 'Change the controls.' so I did, I did my job!
"It's OK, Jack," said Jim. "You didn't make a mistake. I know that"
"So, tell Fred!