Growing up, a lot of my friends used MacGyver as the fix-it man image, but I was a die hard Ed Smylie fan.
I always loved telling this story, and the real-life inspiration it sparked.
Rest in peace, Ed Smylie.
I always loved telling this story, and the real-life inspiration it sparked.
Rest in peace, Ed Smylie.
Reposted from
The New York Times
Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon.
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