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NASA displays Apollo capsule hatch 50 years aft

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NASA displays Apollo capsule hatch 50 years after fatal fire


Tech | 207827 hits | Jan 25 2:59 pm | Posted by: Strutz
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A relic from America's first space tragedy is finally going on display this week, 50 years after a fire on the launch pad killed three astronauts at the start of the Apollo moon program.

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  1. by avatar DrCaleb
    Thu Jan 26, 2017 1:16 pm
    That story still gives me shivers. :(

  2. by avatar BartSimpson  Gold Member
    Thu Jan 26, 2017 5:27 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    That story still gives me shivers. :(


    What a horrid, horrid way to go. :cry:

  3. by avatar DrCaleb
    Thu Jan 26, 2017 6:52 pm
    "BartSimpson" said
    That story still gives me shivers. :(


    What a horrid, horrid way to go. :cry:

    But it also highlights all the other astronauts who, having mourned their friends and colleagues, had the balls to say 'yes, strap me in!'.

  4. by avatar 2Cdo
    Thu Jan 26, 2017 6:58 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    That story still gives me shivers. :(


    What a horrid, horrid way to go. :cry:

    But it also highlights all the other astronauts who, having mourned their friends and colleagues, had the balls to say 'yes, strap me in!'.

    Well said.

  5. by avatar xerxes
    Fri Jan 27, 2017 9:55 pm
    "DrCaleb" said
    That story still gives me shivers. :(


    What a horrid, horrid way to go. :cry:

    But it also highlights all the other astronauts who, having mourned their friends and colleagues, had the balls to say 'yes, strap me in!'.

    Well said indeed. I just saw this photo today. It's a small plaque and sculpture that was left on the Moon by the astronauts of Apollo 15 to commemorate the astronauts and cosmonauts who died.




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