Eric Mc Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Today is the 50th Anniversary of the fire that claimed the lives of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. This is one of the earliest major news items I remember (I was 8 years old at the time) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I was coming here to say just that. Tomorrow is the thirty-first anniversary of Challenger, and Wednesday sees fourteen years since Columbia. What are the odds that the three great tragedies in NASA's history would take place within six calendar days? It's because of the bravery of men and women like these - not forgetting the four Soviet cosmonauts who died in Soyuz 1 and Soyuz 11 - that we are reaching out beyond our planet. “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.”―Konstantin Tsiolkovsky 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichO Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Nice words Gordon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Oh gosh, I remember seeing the photograph on the front page of the newspaper the following day. Horrifying. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansReggelsen Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Well spoken Gordon. All too often we forget those upon whose shoulders we stand! Cheers Hans J 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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