Pospíšil píše:A jaj, tak to jsem nečekal, a hned dvakrát.
Zaprvé, že se s baterkou trefím a zadruhé, že je tak stará - až z Gemini.
A dnes ještě třetí překvapení, a to že výrobce oné baterky ACR-FA-3, firma ACR, stále existuje a stále vyrábí podobné výrobky pro přežití, jako baterky, osobní majáky, atd
http://www.acrartex.com/products/catalo ... ss-lights/
Btw. Jedna perlička. Apollo 13 mělo na palubě taky ACR produkty, konkrétně model ACR-FA-5 a posádka po přistání zaslala výrobci osobní poděkování za spolehlivého pomocníka v nouzi.
[Extract from letter dated Apr 19, 1971 from the Apollo 13 crew to ACR Electronics]
The penlight which you have supplied for the Apollo missions has been very useful and dependable in all missions to date. However, you deserve special praise for the role it played on our mission - Apollo 13.
As you know, due to the explosion, we were forced to ration our electrical power and water. With regard to the former, we never turned on the lights in the spacecraft after the accident. As a result your penlights served as our means of "seeing" to do the
job during the many hours of darkness when the sunlight was not com- ing through the windows. We never wore out even one set during the trip; in fact, they still illuminate today. Their size was also a convenience as it was handy to grip the light between clinched teeth to copy the lengthy procedures that were voiced up from Earth.