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To: Old Professer
"If we die, we want people to accept it. We're in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life."

- Gus Grissom, Commander, Apollo 1, speaking a few weeks before his death in the Apollo 1 fire.


114 posted on 02/01/2003 4:22:13 PM PST by Semper911
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To: Semper911
Thanks for the quote from Gus Grissom. I still remember the day he died. He was my all-time favorite astronaut.

God rest each one who has died in the pursuit of space.

186 posted on 02/01/2003 5:22:25 PM PST by mombonn
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