You're sensationalising a little. The abort button on Apollo 14 would at worst have rendezvouzed the lander with the orbiter prior to landing on the moon. It w

You're sensationalising a little. The abort button on Apollo 14 would at worst have rendezvouzed the lander with the orbiter prior to landing on the moon. It would have killed the mission, but definitely not the astronauts. The brownout also had several safe abort alternatives and the question was only ever about how to continue the mission, not how to save people.