Why might the author have chosen to include this problem in the text?It shows that the spacecraft was not ready for flight. It shows that NASA had not prepared the astronauts. It shows how difficult the Apollo 11 mission really was. It shows how unpredictable rocket science really is.

Ipronounced his name, offering him at the same time my hand: he took it, smiling and saying, “we shall do very well by-and-by.” then he laid me down, and addressing bessie, charged her to be very careful that i was not disturbed during the night. having given some further directions, and intimates that he should call again the next day, he departed; to my grief: i felt so sheltered and befriended while he sat in the chair near my pillow… (chapter 3) this passage, in which jane first meets the doctor, is an example of