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The Greatest Leap, Part 1: How the Apollo Fire Propelled NASA to the Moon

posted by martyb on Saturday December 09 2017, @01:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the this-IS-rocket-science dept.

Fnord666 writes:

ArsTechnica has a great story about NASA's early space program and how the tragic fire during Apollo 1's testing was a turning point for the program.

As Gus Grissom said, "The conquest of space is worth the risk of life." He was one of the astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 fire.

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