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On Jan 27, 1967 three US astronauts who were part of the Apollo programs died a gory death *on the ground*. A freak fire accident killed them in the command capsule they were supposed to be going into space.
It hurt the Americans like hell.
It hurt the Americans like hell.
The three astronauts who died knew the dangers and hence this parody photo.
Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee are still remembered.
Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee are still remembered.
Here they were shooting for the moon...but astronauts were dying *on the launchpad* during ground tests.
JFK had tasked them to land on the moon by 1970 and in 1967 astronauts were dying like this!
JFK had tasked them to land on the moon by 1970 and in 1967 astronauts were dying like this!
But they held it together and managed to put a couple of men on the moon within 30 or so months from the accident that killed three astronauts.
We've only lost a robot.
We've only lost a robot.
Guess it hurts for many because the damn thing flew so close to the surface.
Textbook launch, earth orbit raising, transfer orbit, lunar orbit, de-orbiting, hopes raised in every stage.
Only to be smashed in the very last one. In the last 2kms.
Textbook launch, earth orbit raising, transfer orbit, lunar orbit, de-orbiting, hopes raised in every stage.
Only to be smashed in the very last one. In the last 2kms.
