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Hundreds honor 3 astronauts lost in Apollo fire 50 years ago
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Posted on 01/26/2017 7:45:17 PM PST by TBP

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To: TBP

They were murdered.

Gus had held a press conference the day before to call the Apollo vehicle a lemon.


21 posted on 01/27/2017 1:40:33 AM PST by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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I WAS WORKING ON A 130 aircraft FOR NASA AFTER THE FIRE AND THE man RUN THE SHOW WAS THE MAN THAT Was in charge of the equipment caught fire
The worker told me what cause the fire

The unit insides was over with layer of gold and the man wanted to keep the unit clean-—SO HE COVER THE WHOLE INSIDE WITH FOAM LIKE MATERNAL AND ADDED O2

22 posted on 01/27/2017 2:38:28 AM PST by ralph rotten
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I WAS WORKING ON A 130 aircraft FOR NASA AFTER THE FIRE AND THE man RUN THE SHOW WAS THE MAN THAT Was in charge of the equipment caught fire
The worker told me what cause the fire

The unit insides was over with layer of gold and the man wanted to keep the unit clean-—SO HE COVER THE WHOLE INSIDE WITH FOAM LIKE MATERNAL AND ADDED O2

23 posted on 01/27/2017 2:38:32 AM PST by ralph rotten
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To: Artemis Webb

They were also in an almost pure Oxygen environment. That and the door doomed them.


24 posted on 01/27/2017 3:58:17 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: TBP

This was a bad day. Gus Grissom was a personal friend to my family.


25 posted on 01/27/2017 10:29:25 AM PST by BuffaloJack
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To: BuffaloJack

I still get upset when I think about how Gus was portrayed in “The Right Stuff”. He was a great man.


26 posted on 01/27/2017 10:33:10 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: Karl Spooner
Yeah, it is even more stupid to blame the hatch. They were in 100% pure oxygen and one little spark sealed their fate.

Well said. Imagine all those smart people who never thought to do a "what if?" analysis on what could go wrong in a pure oxygen environment?

The US space program of the 1960s was an amazing effort. Most of the computing power for NASA missions came from slide rules.

27 posted on 01/27/2017 10:38:15 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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SEATTLE, Sept. 28, 2012–A new exhibit honoring NASA astronaut Donald “Deke” Slayton (1924-1993) The centerpiece of the exhibit is Slayton’s diamond astronaut spaceflight lapel pin. Slayton was grounded from spaceflight for medical reasons just before he was to become the second American to orbit the Earth in 1962. Because of this, he was not issued a NASA spaceflight pin (akin to wings for pilots). Then in 1967, the crew of Apollo 1 had a unique spaceflight pin made for Slayton as a show of respect. The astronauts planned to give it to him after they had flown it in space, but they perished in a tragic fire on the launch pad during a pre-flight training session. The astronauts’ widows gave Slayton the pin, and he wore it in their honor for the rest of his career – except for a few weeks when it went to the Moon with Apollo 11 at the request of Neil Armstrong. The pin is legendary in the history of the NASA manned space program.


28 posted on 01/27/2017 10:44:17 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: Night Hides Not

I believe it dripped out that they had the technology to make a safe environment, but it was cheaper to go with pure oxygen. Not sure if the engineers ever agreed with that. Bean counters at work.


29 posted on 01/27/2017 11:29:34 AM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: jaydubya2
Thanks for posting, jay. I never knew that.

I need to pull out my old copy of "The Right Stuff." Such an awesome retelling of the stories surrounding these heroes.

30 posted on 01/27/2017 11:57:45 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Night Hides Not
I didn't read the book but the movie version depicts Grissom as a buffoon during the hatch blowing incident.
31 posted on 01/27/2017 1:08:06 PM PST by jaydubya2
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To: jaydubya2

The book is 50 times better than the movie. Gus never wanted the spotlight like Glenn, he just wanted to be a pilot, and get the job done.


32 posted on 01/27/2017 1:13:25 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: TBP

I was 9 years old when this happened and watch the coverage on CBS, the only channel we could get at the time.

How wonderful it was to grow up in the era of Apollo for a 9yo.


33 posted on 01/27/2017 4:56:15 PM PST by SHRiley
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What can I say, they are heroes...


34 posted on 01/28/2017 4:29:43 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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