willie-pete Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 RIP 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Refresh an old farts memory? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbie18 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Pure oxygen probably wasn't a good idea. And RIP, they were heroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Apollo 1 I saw the memorial wall at Orlando on our honeymoon only drove past on the tour. Couldn’t get close . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie-pete Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Dric902 said: Refresh an old farts memory? . Apollo 1 fire on this date; killed Gus Grisson, Ed White and Roger Chaffee as they set in the Command Module during a test. The photo is what is left of Pad 34 at Cape Canaveral where the Saturn V/Apollo 1 would have launched from. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie-pete Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 hour ago, kerbie18 said: Pure oxygen probably wasn't a good idea. And RIP, they were heroes. More than a few bad ideas; a lot of nylon mesh hanging around, pure O2 and a plug type hatch which could not be opened under pressure. Though they were badly burned, probably post-mortem; the autopsy revealed they died from heart failure due to CO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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