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BigmanPigman

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1. I was very nervous about the sun setting before they got

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:47 AM

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the crew out. I wonder why they had them land so close to sunset.

I thought they would pull them up to the choppers in big baskets like they did in the film Apollo 13.

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