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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 43576 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-11-2006 05:28 AM
From The Orlando Sentinel: quote: Lessons from Apollo 7 Spirits of recovery, rebirth guide NASA todayby 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.
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Naraht Member Posts: 232 From: Oxford, UK Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 10-11-2006 09:14 AM
Not a bad article.Still, I always thought the main lesson of Apollo 7 was "don't talk back to the flight director". |
Brock Member Posts: 30 From: Orlando, Florida Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 10-13-2006 09:58 AM
I 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. |
dss65 Member Posts: 1171 From: Sandpoint, ID, USA Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 10-13-2006 09:31 PM
Very well put, Brock.------------------ Don | |
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