![]() 10/05/2019 at 15:51 • Filed to: Spacelopnik, Planelopnik | ![]() | ![]() |
Not many non-basketball legends from southern Indiana. Gus Grissom is perhaps the exemplar.
There’s a n ice memorial at the Spring Mill State Park, near his hometown of Mitchell .
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How cool! Gus is one of my heros. When I was at Purdue all our aero classes were in Grissom Hall. At the door was a big pic of Gus smiling in his Mercury suit. That smile got me through some rough days. If Gus did it, so could I.
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Now I regret no t taking photos of his grade school report cards. He was an average student, and I’m sure he would have agreed with your assessment!