[Repeal The 17th]

“...Don’t pull a Gus...”
“...Gus still gets blame for something he didn’t do...”
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What’s that all about?

[Moonman62]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Grissom

[Pollard]

There’s a movie that portraits him bringing up a rabbit’s foot or something that got loose and blew the mission. That’s all I know about it. I imagine very few people know the real truth

[xp38]

There is a lot of trial and error in space programs. This one had its share of um errors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ

[canuck_conservative]

After splashdown, the explosive hatch on Gus Grissom’s Mercury capsule blew off before the recovery helicopters could arrive, so the capsule got water-logged and sank.

Grissom was blamed though he claimed he did nothing; in support Scott Carpenter deliberately blew the hatch on his capsule after recovery, winding up with a big bruise on his hand - which the astronauts claimed was proof Gus had done nothing wrong.

It’s interesting that afterwards NASA quietly got rid of any explosive hatches on the Apollo capsules.