We just put sir isaac newton in the driver seat?

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What does the statement by Jim Lovell "We just put Sir Isaac Newtion in the driver seat" mean?

Also...what law is he referring to?

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Adam's nailed it. He was talking about the fact that the moon's gravity was going to accelerate them to the proper trajectory and speed to return to the earth.
 
If memory serves me right, Jim Lovell was in the Apollo 13 mission (sometimes called a successful failure). Most likely he was talking about Newton's law of gravity.

They barely made it back. They used the Moon's gravity to turn around and slingshot back to Earth. Everyone survived the mission.
 
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