The Worst Day
I wrote ten days ago that I was worried about Apollo 1. I am not going to feel any vindication about that. Three men are dead.
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A Terrible Friday Afternoon
Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee are dead. There was a fire on the launch pad yesterday afternoon during a ground test. I heard it on the radio on the way home from work. I had to pull over. I sat in the car for a long time before…
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Grissom’s Concerns
I've been reading between the lines of what's being reported about Apollo 1 and I'm worried. Gus Grissom reportedly hung a lemon on the spacecraft at some point.
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Gemini 3 — Molly Brown
Gus Grissom flew again today. Three orbits, four hours and fifty-two minutes. He named the capsule Molly Brown.
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The Seven
NASA introduced the Mercury astronauts yesterday and I had to read the names three times before I believed it.
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