In Memoriam: the Crew of Apollo 1
Jonah's military guys remind us:
40 years ago today, the Moon was paid for, in blood and fire.
On 27 January 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chafee died in the fire aboard the Apollo 1 capsule. Ten missions later, after only two and a half years — and including a significant redesign of the spacecraft — Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the Moon. Amazing.
Comments
I remember, but how can it possibly be 40 years ago? I also remember getting the kids out of bed to watch the landing on the moon in 1969.
Posted by: Gloria Nafziger | January 28, 2007 10:45 AM
I don't know if I remember the first moon landing, per se, but I do remember watching the moon landings as a kid. The funny part, looking back, is that remember that I much preferred the NASA animation to the actual live TV pictures from the Moon. The animations were much clearer and easier to understand. Obviously I didn't really "get it," missing the significance of the live pictures.
Posted by: Don Roberts | January 28, 2007 3:42 PM