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Apollo 1 was a certified disaster with the loss of Virgil Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. A certified disaster that could have been avoided with more research into the concerns voiced to NASA over pure oxygen environments. Yet, we kept right up with that little program and eventually we got to the moon... several times. Keep in mind Apollo 13 didn't exactly run like a swiss watch either.
Originally posted by Liberterius
Ahh cosmonauts, the rats of space. I feel as much as when I clip a fingernail. No ruskie flag on the moon is there.edit on 28-3-2011 by Liberterius because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by amcdermott20
Wow.... you're a terrible person. Without these Soviet heroes giving their lives, there might not have been an Apollo program.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
(Although the photo that accompanied that article seems sketchy.....the one with the Soviet officers staring at a burnt hulk. ...).
That photo of the burned hulk doesn't look like a chipped heel bone so the photo and the story are inconsistent for sure.
Komarov was honored with a state funeral. Only a chipped heel bone survived the crash.
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