by "f86sabre" (f86sabre)
Published 01/26/2017 at 19:43
by "f86sabre" (f86sabre)
Published 01/26/2017 at 19:43
Tags: Spacelopnik
STARS: 13
Gus, Ed and Roger. Apollo 1.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
01/26/2017 at 20:14, STARS: 0
Rest among the stars, gentlemen.
"Frenchlicker" (frenchlicker)
01/26/2017 at 20:15, STARS: 1
Interesting fact: Gus Grissom was born and raised 15 minutes from where I work. His museum was also completely refurbished just a couple years ago.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
01/26/2017 at 20:46, STARS: 0
:(
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
01/26/2017 at 21:21, STARS: 2
See those little islands off the coast of Long Beach CA? Island Chaffee, Island Grissom and Island White.
Whenever I’m down in Belmont Shores for the car show I always look for these islands and think about Apollo 1. I may have only been two weeks old when this tragedy occurred, but I still think about those that sacrificed everything in order to make the moon landing possible.
"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
01/26/2017 at 21:52, STARS: 1
Barely old enough to recall, but surely aware enough to remember. That moon landing did not come easily.
"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
01/26/2017 at 22:23, STARS: 2
I was listening to NPR and they talked about the accident. One expert suggested that if not for the fire they may not have realized some of the design flaws (100% oxygen atmosphere, hatch that opened inwards and took a long time to open), which likely would have resulted in an accident taking place in space, possibly resulting in the end of the space program.
"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
01/27/2017 at 12:34, STARS: 1
Yep. A lot of good developments came from the investigation. Just a shame that it took loosing some really good guys to get there.