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Astronaut james lovell remarked in 1970, during the apollo 13 mission crisis, that "we just put sir isaac newton in the driver's seat." what did he mean by this?
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Astronaut james lovell remarked in 1970, during the apollo 13 mission crisis, that "we just put sir isaac newton in the driver's seat." what did he mean by this?

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Answer: They had just made the final course correction and were now at the mercy of the Earth's gravitational field and Newton's gravitational law to return them safely to Earth.

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