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To: MindBender26
"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.


35 posted on 02/01/2003 6:24:05 PM PST by Semper911
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To: Semper911
"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.

However, 7 astronauts should not have to risk their lives for whatever motley collection of ridiculous hamster HabitTrail experiments they were conducting on this mission.

86 posted on 02/02/2003 1:36:18 PM PST by Henk
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