matt.tansy
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aren't all bolts non-explosive?
Edit: you are confusing me here. I thought explosive bolts were the secret ingredient that enable a Lunar Module to lift off from the surface yet still leave this lovely shadow casting structure intact. Presumably there was some local relaxation of Newton's third law.
Before you seem to be saying the secret to lift off was explosive bolts. Now they are non-explosive. Can I get clarification here.
Wire cables and piping ran from the Ascent Module into the Descent Module and explosive bolts held the two modules together. They were detonated 5 seconds before lift-off.