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Topic: Apollo 1 fire analysis using modern techniques
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Space Cadet Carl
Member Posts: 225
From: Lake Orion, Michigan
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 08-20-2015 06:23 AM
   
I agree that we shouldn't assert that Grissom may have scuffed a wire and its in poor taste to do so. I just found it interesting that the evidence of movement inside the spacecraft 30 seconds prior to the first shout of "Hey!" was not looked into by the committee as deeply as one might have thought they would have. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4208
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 08-20-2015 08:01 AM
In my opinion, to rule out the possibility that Grissom may have contributed involuntarily to the start of the fire is a misplaced premise based on emotion and ultimately folly.If the same were applied to air accident investigations a very large proportion would founder: pilot "error" ...or perhaps "pilot involvement" must be a consideration in any thorough investigation. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2458
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 08-20-2015 09:58 AM
To a certain extent Rick is correct - it would be folly to rule out any likely cause regardless of whether it is, or might be, in poor taste. But, as has been pointed out before, what happened in the seconds before the fire will never be known with any absolute certainty and thus whether there was any involvement by members of the crew, whatever that might have been, can never be ruled out completely. On edit - perhaps it's worth quoting from 'In the Shadow of the Moon' by French and Burgess at this point. Grissom was quickly reaching his boiling point and made his feelings known with some terse remarks and a little profanity. ... Although it cannot be substantiated, strong circumstantial evidence suggests that Grissom tried to tackle the communications problem by locating and changing a cobra cable inside the spacecraft. ... Reliable expert opinion says he then eased himself down into the lower equipment bay, beneath the feet of White and Chaffee, to replace the cable with another. |
robsouth
Member Posts: 769
From: West Midlands, UK
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 08-22-2015 06:11 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Paul78zephyr:
The socket (wrench) is show on page 281 of David Baker's "The History of Manned Spaceflight."
Thanks for the above info. I bought a copy of this book online and it arrived yesterday. |
robsouth
Member Posts: 769
From: West Midlands, UK
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 08-29-2015 03:17 PM
The crew's independent oxygen supply was being supplied not by an external source but by an internal source and would have carried on being sent into the cockpit after the hoses had been damaged. The cockpit oxygen was being supplied by an external source and this was lost when the cabin ruptured. |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 1624
From: Bethpage, N.Y.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 09-15-2015 12:05 PM
It is safe to assume that we will not be seeing anymore post-fire photos of the interior. |
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