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'Riding On A Train With Square Wheels': A Space 'Mutiny' Aboard Skylab06:31
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September 15, 2017

Max Green

These three men make up the crew of the Skylab 4 mission. They are, left to right, scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson, science pilot; astronaut Gerald P. Carr, commander; and astronaut William R. Pogue, pilot. (NASA)

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People have lived and worked continuously in space for almost 17 years, and the technology and ingenuity it takes to pull that off is amazing. But successful space missions require a tremendous level of human cooperation.

Max Green (@MaxRaphaelGreen) from The Pulse at WHYY takes us to a time when cooperation went wrong.

This segment aired on September 15, 2017.

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'Riding On A Train With Square Wheels': A Space 'Mutiny' Aboard Skylab06:31
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