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Topic: Photo of the week 790 (December 14, 2019)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-13-2019 11:32 AM
   
 A series of news briefings on Project Apollo was held at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston December 15-16, 1966. The Apollo 1 prime and backup crews are, from right: Gus Grissom, prime command pilot; Ed White, prime senior pilot; Roger Chaffee, prime pilot; Wally Schirra, backup command pilot; Donn Eisele, backup senior pilot; Walt Cunningham, backup pilot. At left is Director of Flight Crew Operations Deke Slayton. |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 1587
From: Bethpage, N.Y.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 12-13-2019 12:45 PM
No smiles in this group. |
Chariot412
Member Posts: 156
From: Lockport, NY, 14094
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 12-13-2019 05:18 PM
Must have been one of those "Is the space program actually worth taxpayer dollars?" questions. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 12-14-2019 03:26 PM
Thanks, Ed... never saw that photo before. They do seem somber. |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 12-15-2019 07:43 AM
Wally was probably still ticked off about being assigned to a backup crew.  |
ManInSpace
Member Posts: 114
From: Brooklin, Ontario Canada
Registered: Feb 2018
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posted 12-15-2019 12:53 PM
Just under six weeks before the fire. By this point Gus was fed up with the condition of their vehicle and he and his crew had been vocal about it on numerous occasions. While Wally certainly wasn't happy about the Apollo 2 mission, as he saw it as a needless duplication of the first flight; he too had been kept in the loop by Grissom and wasn't at all liking what he was hearing and seeing. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-15-2019 01:11 PM
While all of that may be true, we may be reading too much into this particular photo.We don't know at what point during the press conference this photo was taken. Were they being asked a somber question? Were they just listening intently to someone setting up their question? There are lots of reasons why, in that one moment, they may have all been serious, whereas a few seconds later could have been smiling or laughing. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 12-16-2019 08:24 AM
Looks like all their faces are pointed at the same place. Probably listening intently at the next question. |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 12-16-2019 08:34 AM
There's an audio of that conference somewhere. I remember Grissom talking about the new addition of astronaut support crews to the mission, how that was beneficial to their preparation for the mission, and specifically mentioning Evans, Givens and Swigert as the Apollo 1 support crew. |
taneal1
Member Posts: 230
From: Orlando, FL
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 12-29-2019 03:41 PM
Anyone know the scale of that large CSM model in the background? |
sev8n
Member Posts: 234
From: Dallas TX USA
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 01-01-2020 10:48 AM
I think that may be a projected image on a screen. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-01-2020 11:08 AM
As this photo shows, it was a physical model. Maybe 1:4 scale? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-01-2020 11:45 AM
From that same press conference: |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 398
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 01-01-2020 09:12 PM
Super rough guess here, particularly since, in the photo, we cannot see the model below the astronauts' waistlines.So if Block 2* CSM is roughly 36 feet long and the model is roughly 6 feet high. Scale is 1/6. * I don't know length of Block 1 CSM. |
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