Apollo 13 is one of my favorite movies because it has one of the greatest creative problem solving moments I've ever seen on-screen. Creativity sessions rarely get more intense than when NASA has to figure out how to put a square CO2 filter into a round hole using very limited resources and in very limited time.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a video of this. I did, however, find the directions for how to adapt a CO2 filter in flight, from Jerry Woodfill, who was one of the NASA engineers working to bring Apollo 13 home. He was one of the scientists who was there.
So, to read an account of their fantastic creative problem solving, click here to learn how to fit a square peg in a round hole! You know... in case you're stuck thousands of miles from Earth in a badly-damaged spacecraft with a limited oxygen supply.
Never hurts to be prepared.
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