50 Years Ago

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 01/26/2017 at 19:43 • Filed to: Spacelopnik

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Gus, Ed and Roger. Apollo 1.

Jcarr > f86sabre 01/26/2017 at 20:14

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Rest among the stars, gentlemen.

Frenchlicker > f86sabre 01/26/2017 at 20:15

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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 > f86sabre 01/26/2017 at 20:46

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:(

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > f86sabre 01/26/2017 at 21:21

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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 > f86sabre 01/26/2017 at 21:52

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Barely old enough to recall, but surely aware enough to remember. That moon landing did not come easily.

Dusty Ventures > f86sabre 01/26/2017 at 22:23

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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 > Dusty Ventures 01/27/2017 at 12:34

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Yep. A lot of good developments came from the investigation. Just a shame that it took loosing some really good guys to get there.