“Reporter: So...the number 13 doesn't bother you?
Fred Haise, Sr.: Only if it's a Friday, Phil.
Reporter: Apollo 13—lifting off at 1300 hours and 13 minutes, and, entering the moon's gravity on April 13th.
Jim Lovell: Uh, Ken Mattingly has been doing some...scientific experiments regarding that very phenomenon, haven't you?
Ken Mattingly: Well, uh, yes, well I uh, had a black cat walk over a broken mirror under the lunar module ladder, didn't seem to be a problem.
Fred Haise, Sr.: We also consider a real helpful letter we got from a fellow who said we ought to take a pig up with us for good luck.”
More from William Broyles Jr.
“[waking Ken Mattingly up] Good, you're not dead. We've been trying to get in touch with…”
“When I go up there on 19, I'm gonna take my entire collection of Johnny Cash along!”
“Technician: How much power have we got to work with? John Aaron, EECOM Arthur: Barely…”
“So long, Earth. Catch you on the flip side.”