Thanks for the link. I’m pretty sure their use of the editorial “gag” is expressing that the astronauts were trying to be humorous. Partly, they were, but their concern over a fire was real, and so is the photo.
Agreed. Military personnel do tend to mug for the camera and laugh at death. It’s a perfectly valid coping mechanism.
The photo is real, it was taken as a gag, but the underlying concern was also real, and as it turned out entirely too real.
Thanks for finding it. These were brave men, they knew the risks, but like real heroes since day one, they did it anyway.