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T O P I C R E V I E WRobert PearlmanFrom The Orlando Sentinel: quote:Lessons from Apollo 7Spirits of recovery, rebirth guide NASA todayby William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of NASA's Space Operations Mission DirectorateOn Oct. 11, 1968, a golden-flamed phoenix took off from its perch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The phoenix was the Saturn IB launch vehicle, carrying the first astronaut crew (Apollo 7) to fly in space after the tragic Apollo 1 launch pad fire, which took the lives of astronauts Roger Chaffee, Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Edward White. Continue reading Lessons from Apollo 7NarahtNot a bad article.Still, I always thought the main lesson of Apollo 7 was "don't talk back to the flight director". BrockI think the lessons of Apollo 7 go beyond NASA and the space program. It reaffirms that when confronted with tragedy and setbacks, the United States is resilient and will do what it takes to fix the problem and make sure that the problems are not repeated. I think Apollo 7 seems to be a forgotten flight in the shadow of more glamorous flights such as Apollo 8. In many ways I believe that Apollo 7 was one of the most important flights of them all by giving NASA so much confidence in the newly redesigned CSM that they were willing to send the next flight to the moon.It is highly appropriate that Apollo 7 was launched from LC-34. From the ashes of Apollo 1 came one NASA's great successes.dss65Very well put, Brock.------------------Don
quote:Lessons from Apollo 7Spirits of recovery, rebirth guide NASA todayby William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of NASA's Space Operations Mission DirectorateOn Oct. 11, 1968, a golden-flamed phoenix took off from its perch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The phoenix was the Saturn IB launch vehicle, carrying the first astronaut crew (Apollo 7) to fly in space after the tragic Apollo 1 launch pad fire, which took the lives of astronauts Roger Chaffee, Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Edward White.
by William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate
On Oct. 11, 1968, a golden-flamed phoenix took off from its perch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The phoenix was the Saturn IB launch vehicle, carrying the first astronaut crew (Apollo 7) to fly in space after the tragic Apollo 1 launch pad fire, which took the lives of astronauts Roger Chaffee, Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Edward White.
Still, I always thought the main lesson of Apollo 7 was "don't talk back to the flight director".
I think Apollo 7 seems to be a forgotten flight in the shadow of more glamorous flights such as Apollo 8. In many ways I believe that Apollo 7 was one of the most important flights of them all by giving NASA so much confidence in the newly redesigned CSM that they were willing to send the next flight to the moon.
It is highly appropriate that Apollo 7 was launched from LC-34. From the ashes of Apollo 1 came one NASA's great successes.
------------------Don
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