And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Well, it made three days in space, but a great portion of the mission was a failure, including the death of thee original crew shortly before the mission.
Um, what mission? That's a Gemini capsule, no deaths associated with it. Some 'failures' due to issues, like docking with a target and such, but overall a very successful program, and the failures led to corrections that made the Apollo program very successful.
Grissom, White and Chaffee were lost on the Apollo 1 checkout.
FALSE. Both original Gemini 9 crew (See and Bassett) were killed in a T-38 crash prior to the mission, which is how Stafford and Cernan got promoted into the gig.
And the use of the AMU was a total fail, due to Cernan being unable to perform due to "stress, fatigue, and overheating".
Cernan and Stafford... for your edification. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/almost-blind-and-completely-exhausted-gene-cernans-disastrous-gemini-spacewalk
Stafford went on to command Apollo 10, flying on a lunar lander to within 9 miles of the moon's surface, setting the stage for the landing of Apollo 11. He retired as a (three-star) Lt. General, and was the first brigadier general in space. He's still kicking today, at age 92. Eugene Cernan was the Lunar Module pilot for Stafford on Apollo 10, and landed on the moon himself as mission commander of Apollo 17 in '72. As such, he was the last man to walk on the moon. He was also the driver of the lunar rover on its last speed run, hitting 11.2MPH, giving him the official land speed record for fastest driver on the moon, to date, since 1972. He died in 2017 at age 82.
Tom Stafford, Gene Crenan. Gemini 9 crew.
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Read that as Three. Darn. What he said
ReplyDeleteVery fresh looking for lads who were supposed to have spent 3 days in space.
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DeleteWell, it made three days in space, but a great portion of the mission was a failure, including the death of thee original crew shortly before the mission.
DeleteSorry, two original crew.
DeleteGus Grissom and Ed White.
DeleteUm, what mission? That's a Gemini capsule, no deaths associated with it. Some 'failures' due to issues, like docking with a target and such, but overall a very successful program, and the failures led to corrections that made the Apollo program very successful.
DeleteGrissom, White and Chaffee were lost on the Apollo 1 checkout.
@Beans,
DeleteFALSE. Both original Gemini 9 crew (See and Bassett) were killed in a T-38 crash prior to the mission, which is how Stafford and Cernan got promoted into the gig.
And the use of the AMU was a total fail, due to Cernan being unable to perform due to "stress, fatigue, and overheating".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_9A
How about Laurel & Hardy. You asked me to name them not identify them.
ReplyDeleteSpam in a can.
ReplyDeleteGemini 9 flew before Grissom, White, android Chafee died in the Apollo 1 fire.
ReplyDeleteCernan and Stafford... for your edification. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/almost-blind-and-completely-exhausted-gene-cernans-disastrous-gemini-spacewalk
ReplyDeleteFascinating story. Thanks for the link.
DeleteStafford went on to command Apollo 10, flying on a lunar lander to within 9 miles of the moon's surface, setting the stage for the landing of Apollo 11. He retired as a (three-star) Lt. General, and was the first brigadier general in space. He's still kicking today, at age 92.
ReplyDeleteEugene Cernan was the Lunar Module pilot for Stafford on Apollo 10, and landed on the moon himself as mission commander of Apollo 17 in '72. As such, he was the last man to walk on the moon. He was also the driver of the lunar rover on its last speed run, hitting 11.2MPH, giving him the official land speed record for fastest driver on the moon, to date, since 1972. He died in 2017 at age 82.