Astronauts

[Dillon Pyron]

We are coming up on the worst week in the history of manned space
flight.

At 2330 GMT on January 27, 1967, Gus Grisson, Ed White and Roger
Chafee were killed when a fire broke out in the Apollo 1 command
module (capsule). The cause has never been officially determined,
although many causal contributing factor were identified.

At 1628.73 GMT on January 28, 1986, Dick Scobee, Michael Smith,
Ellison Onizuka, Judy Resnick, Ron McNair, Christa McAuliffe and
Gregory Jarvis were killed when the space shuttle Challenger broke up
73 seconds after launch. The apparent cause was the failure of an
O-ring on one of the solid rocket boosters, which caused a failure in
the external fuel tank which resulted in aerodynamic instability of
the shuttle resulting in its breakup.

At approximately 1359.37 on February 1, 2003, Rick Husband, William
McCool, Mike Anderson, Ilan Ramon, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and
Laurel Clark were killed when the space shuttle Columbia broke up
during descent. The apparent cause was failure of the left wing due
to loss of its thermal protection after a segment of the external fuel
tank's insulation fell, striking the wing.

Although over a span of 36 years, the memorial of these three
accidents fall within 6 days of each other.

Fifteen Americans, one Israeli and one Indian were killed in these
three accidents. Many look at athletes, actors and musical performers
as idols and even heroes, but these 17 should be remembered as true
heroes and all of us should attempt to emulate them, or encourage our
childern and grandchildren to do so.

Love them, honor them and never forget them..

[Steve Silverwood]

Thanks for the reminder. I keep all three of these in my Outlook
calendar so that every year I'm reminded of the ultimate sacrifices
these men and women made in the exploration of space.

I wish I had a list of all such events from Russia, too. Those
sacrifices, though on the other side of the so-called Cold War, were
just as heroic and just as deserving of commemoration.

On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:46:44 -0600, Dillon Pyron

Post by Dillon Pyron
We are coming up on the worst week in the history of manned space
flight.
At 2330 GMT on January 27, 1967, Gus Grisson, Ed White and Roger
Chafee were killed when a fire broke out in the Apollo 1 command
module (capsule). The cause has never been officially determined,
although many causal contributing factor were identified.
At 1628.73 GMT on January 28, 1986, Dick Scobee, Michael Smith,
Ellison Onizuka, Judy Resnick, Ron McNair, Christa McAuliffe and
Gregory Jarvis were killed when the space shuttle Challenger broke up
73 seconds after launch. The apparent cause was the failure of an
O-ring on one of the solid rocket boosters, which caused a failure in
the external fuel tank which resulted in aerodynamic instability of
the shuttle resulting in its breakup.
At approximately 1359.37 on February 1, 2003, Rick Husband, William
McCool, Mike Anderson, Ilan Ramon, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and
Laurel Clark were killed when the space shuttle Columbia broke up
during descent. The apparent cause was failure of the left wing due
to loss of its thermal protection after a segment of the external fuel
tank's insulation fell, striking the wing.
Although over a span of 36 years, the memorial of these three
accidents fall within 6 days of each other.
Fifteen Americans, one Israeli and one Indian were killed in these
three accidents. Many look at athletes, actors and musical performers
as idols and even heroes, but these 17 should be remembered as true
heroes and all of us should attempt to emulate them, or encourage our
childern and grandchildren to do so.
Love them, honor them and never forget them..

-- //Steve//

[Dillon Pyron]

Post by Steve Silverwood
Thanks for the reminder. I keep all three of these in my Outlook
calendar so that every year I'm reminded of the ultimate sacrifices
these men and women made in the exploration of space.
I wish I had a list of all such events from Russia, too. Those
sacrifices, though on the other side of the so-called Cold War, were
just as heroic and just as deserving of commemoration.

Sadly, the Russians are just as reticent as the Soviets to talk about
some of their disasters. Was a third of the space research staff
killed in an accident on the launch pad of one of the early launches?
How exactly did Gagarin die (not in any kind of space accident, but
there have been rumors for years about him being killed in combat in
Viet Nam. HA!)

Rumors have been circulating that China has already lost an astronaut.
Not that we'll hear about that any time soon. Like in our life times.

Post by Steve Silverwood
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:46:44 -0600, Dillon Pyron

Post by Dillon Pyron
We are coming up on the worst week in the history of manned space
flight.
At 2330 GMT on January 27, 1967, Gus Grisson, Ed White and Roger
Chafee were killed when a fire broke out in the Apollo 1 command
module (capsule). The cause has never been officially determined,
although many causal contributing factor were identified.
At 1628.73 GMT on January 28, 1986, Dick Scobee, Michael Smith,
Ellison Onizuka, Judy Resnick, Ron McNair, Christa McAuliffe and
Gregory Jarvis were killed when the space shuttle Challenger broke up
73 seconds after launch. The apparent cause was the failure of an
O-ring on one of the solid rocket boosters, which caused a failure in
the external fuel tank which resulted in aerodynamic instability of
the shuttle resulting in its breakup.
At approximately 1359.37 on February 1, 2003, Rick Husband, William
McCool, Mike Anderson, Ilan Ramon, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and
Laurel Clark were killed when the space shuttle Columbia broke up
during descent. The apparent cause was failure of the left wing due
to loss of its thermal protection after a segment of the external fuel
tank's insulation fell, striking the wing.
Although over a span of 36 years, the memorial of these three
accidents fall within 6 days of each other.
Fifteen Americans, one Israeli and one Indian were killed in these
three accidents. Many look at athletes, actors and musical performers
as idols and even heroes, but these 17 should be remembered as true
heroes and all of us should attempt to emulate them, or encourage our
childern and grandchildren to do so.
Love them, honor them and never forget them..

-- //Steve//