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Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom
Posted on 8/17/15 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 8/17/15 at 9:48 pm
The Apollo 1 astronauts, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White II and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee, killed by a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test. (1967)
Joined to fight right out of high school in WWII, flew sabers in Korea, asked to stay in combat, but was relieved to training and testing, Went back to college twice, He almost drowned on his first flight to space in the Liberty Bell Mercury flights, flew again in Gemini, A loving husband and father, was the presumptive first man to walk on the moon... and his death on the launch pad was a horrible reminder of just how real the space program was, and just how hard it was to land a man on the moon.
Shortly before his death, he said this to an Associated Press reporter: "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."
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Posted on 8/17/15 at 9:52 pm to Stacked
Ed White and who was the third that died? I can never place him.
Ah I didn't see the caption. NM
Ah I didn't see the caption. NM
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Posted on 8/17/15 at 9:54 pm to Stacked
He was a squirmin hatch-blower.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 10:33 pm to Stacked
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A loving husband and father, was the presumptive first man to walk on the moon.
Deke Slayton said in his book that Gus would have definitely been the first man on the moon had he not died.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 10:34 pm to JuiceTerry
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He was a squirmin hatch-blower.
You are full of shite.
Not according to the people who were actually connected to the program.
Posted on 8/17/15 at 10:58 pm to Stacked
I wasn't even thought of when they died so to me those astronauts names are an elementary, middle school, and high school in Huntsville 
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Posted on 8/17/15 at 10:59 pm to Stacked
quote:Powerful statement right there.
The conquest of space is worth the risk of life."
Posted on 8/18/15 at 12:44 am to Rig
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I wasn't even thought of when they died so to me those astronauts names are an elementary, middle school, and high school in Huntsville
That about sums up my feelings reading this thread.
I knew the history behind the names but I never really think about it
Posted on 8/18/15 at 3:58 am to Weagle25
Ya'll need to watch The Right Stuff.
Great old movie.
Great old movie.
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Posted on 8/18/15 at 4:00 am to Rig
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I wasn't even thought of when they died so to me those astronauts names are an elementary, middle school, and high school in Huntsville
When I was in grammar school, we would stop class (no matter what class you were in) and watch the launches. We would just sit there for hours with the TV on and watch every second of it.
It was very cool. What ever class you were in at the time, you would stay there until the launch was over.
America was America back then. Not this bullshite we live in now.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 4:03 am to LanierSpots
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When I was in grammar school
In other words, you are old.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 4:36 am to pioneerbasketball
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In other words, you are old.
Yea, its a known fact around here.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 6:51 am to LanierSpots
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When I was in grammar school, we would stop class (no matter what class you were in) and watch the launches. We would just sit there for hours with the TV on and watch every second of it.
Same here, we didn't understand just how important it was but you knew it ment something just because they basically shutdown the school so we all could watch.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 9:30 am to Agforlife
Man we loved when this thing was being wheeled into the room. Didn't care for what reason.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 9:44 am to Stacked
BAD arse! Thanks for posting that. I thought I was having a bad day,things not going like I want. That just helped me calm down somehow.
I was sweating some some small shite.
I was sweating some some small shite.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 10:41 am to Stacked
Back when men with America first mentalities walked the planet. They are far and few between these days.
Respect and awe is how I sum them up.
The OP has hit on a good topic, we need something like this again so all Americans can feel good about this country. Can we rally around a fence?
Respect and awe is how I sum them up.
The OP has hit on a good topic, we need something like this again so all Americans can feel good about this country. Can we rally around a fence?
Posted on 8/18/15 at 12:10 pm to Ridgewalker
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Can we rally around a fence?
does it have hidden random gas jets, or plasma/laser cutting,burning abilities? lets give these oil field guys some work.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 12:45 pm to auggie
Thanks for posting.
The lesson to be learned through their death was... SHARE INFORMATION. The Russians had a similar accident a few years previously but wanted to keep it secret. Would that have changed things? Who knows, but I like to think so.
Incidentally, their deaths were caused by smoke inhalation. If the hatch could have been opened in time, they would have made it.
The lesson to be learned through their death was... SHARE INFORMATION. The Russians had a similar accident a few years previously but wanted to keep it secret. Would that have changed things? Who knows, but I like to think so.
Incidentally, their deaths were caused by smoke inhalation. If the hatch could have been opened in time, they would have made it.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 12:46 pm to Ridgewalker
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The OP has hit on a good topic, we need something like this again so all Americans can feel good about this country.
I was too young to understand the importance of the events and to have the feeling of "Merica" like I would now.
We have not had anything since then that matched it. Brought the country together.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 1:07 pm to SavageOrangeJug
quote:I guess you've never seen the greatest movie ever made.
He was a squirmin hatch-blower.
You are full of shite.
Not according to the people who were actually connected to the program.
It's a joke.
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