A story first
A square peg
The landing was already lost. The air in the lifeboat was becoming unbreathable. The next move was a procedure.
Apollo 13 · procedure · a lost landing
Theme
Stopping
When is continuing no longer courage?
Abort, withdraw, change course, admit error. Stopping may be orientation too.
- Ninety-seven milesAntarctica · turning back · 1909
- The experiment that found nothingCleveland · ether wind · a published nothing
- The pauseAsilomar · recombinant DNA · a voted halt
- The alarm that was notEarly warning · 1983 · a report he did not make
- The second voteSubmarine · 1962 · a torpedo that was not fired
- The night beforeChallenger · the night before · a no that was unsigned
- I am just going outsideRoss Ice Shelf · 1912 · a tent with one man fewer
- The twins were not askedHong Kong · 2018 · a downside that was not his
- Not yetFDA · 1960–62 · a signature she would not give