The Apollo 1 Disaster: The Controversial History and Legacy of the Fire that Caused One of NASA’s Greatest Tragedies By Charles River Editors
The Apollo 1 Disaster: The Controversial History and Legacy of the Fire that Caused One of NASA’s Greatest Tragedies By Charles River Editors Kindle Edition The Apollo 1 Disaster: The Controversial History and Legacy of the Fire that Caused One of NASA’s Greatest Tragedies *Includes pictures *Explains the design of the Apollo program and investigations into what went wrong *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “Theres always a possibility that you can have a catastrophic failure, of course; this can happen on any flight; it can happen on the last one as well as the first one. So, you just plan as best you can to take care of all these eventualities, and you get a well trained crew and you go fly.” Gus Grissom, December 1966 The Apollo space program is the most famous and celebrated in American history, but the first successful landing of men on the Moon during Apollo 11 had complicated roots dating back over a decade, and it also involved one of NASA’s most infamous tragedies. Landing on the Moon presented an ideal goal all on its own, but the government’s urgency in designing the Apollo program was actually brought about by the Soviet Union, which spent much of the 1950s leaving the United States in its dust (and rocket fuel). In 1957, at a time when people were concerned about communism and nuclear war, many Americans were dismayed by news that the Soviet Union was successfully launching satellites into orbit. Among those concerned was President Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose space program was clearly lagging a few years behind the Soviets’ space program. From 1959 1963, the United States worked toward putting satellites and humans into orbit via the Mercury program, but Eisenhower’s administration was already designing plans for the Apollo program by 1960, a year before the first Russian orbited the Earth and two years before John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress and asked the nation to “commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.” Given America’s inability to even put a man in orbit yet, this seemed like an overly ambitious goal, and it isn’t even clear that Kennedy himself believed it possible; after all, he was reluctant to meet NASA Administrator James E. Webb’s initial funding requests. As Apollo 11’s name suggests, there were actually a number of Apollo missions that came before, many of which included testing the rockets and different orbital and lunar modules in orbit. In fact, it wasn’t until Apollo 8 that a manned vehicle was sent towards the Moon and back, and before that mission, the most famous Apollo mission was Apollo 1, albeit for all the wrong reasons. There were no delusions regarding the dangers of manned space travel, but they were brought home on January 27, 1967, when all three astronauts were killed by a fire that ignited in the cabin during a launch rehearsal. To this day, there is still debate over what ignited the fire, but the disaster made clear that the modules being used by NASA had a series of fatal flaws. After the Apollo 1 tragedy, NASA changed its plans by first running a series of unmanned missions to test the Saturn rockets and the different modules throughout 1967 and early 1968. and it would not be until Apollo 7 launched about 20 months after the disaster that NASA dared to conduct another manned mission. The Apollo 1 Disaster: The History and Legacy of the Controversial Fire analyzes the conception of the Apollo program and the events that brought about the fateful disaster. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Apollo 1 like never before, in no time at all. The apollo 1 disasterjoy book 
Includes pictures Explains the design of the Apollo program and investigations into what went wrong Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Includes a table of contents There s always a possibility that you can have a catastrophic failure of course this can happen on any flight it can happen on the last one as well as the first one So you just plan as best you can to take care of all these eventualities and you get a well trained crew and you go fly Gus Grissom December 1966 The Apollo space program is the most famous and celebrated in American history but the first successful landing of men on the Moon during Apollo 11 had complicated roots dating back over a decade and it also involved one of NASA s most infamous tragedies Landing on the Moon presented an ideal goal all on its own but the government s urgency in designing the Apollo program was actually brought about by the Soviet Union which spent much of the 1950s leaving the United States in its dust and rocket fuel In 1957 at a time when people were concerned about communism and nuclear war many Americans were dismayed by news that the Soviet Union was successfully launching satellites into orbit Among those concerned was President Dwight D Eisenhower whose space program was clearly lagging a few years behind the Soviets space program From 1959 1963 the United States worked toward putting satellites and humans into orbit via the Mercury program but Eisenhower s administration was already designing plans for the Apollo program by 1960 a year before the first Russian orbited the Earth and two years before John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth On May 25 1961 President John F Kennedy addressed Congress and asked the nation to commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth Given America s inability to even put a man in orbit yet this seemed like an overly ambitious goal and it isn t even clear that Kennedy himself believed it possible after all he was reluctant to meet NASA Administrator James E Webb s initial funding requests As Apollo 11 s name suggests there were actually a number of Apollo missions that came before many of which included testing the rockets and different orbital and lunar modules in orbit In fact it wasn t until Apollo 8 that a manned vehicle was sent towards the Moon and back and before that mission the most famous Apollo mission was Apollo 1 albeit for all the wrong reasons There were no delusions regarding the dangers of manned space travel but they were brought home on January 27 1967 when all three astronauts were killed by a fire that ignited in the cabin during a launch rehearsal To this day there is still debate over what ignited the fire but the disaster made clear that the modules being used by NASA had a series of fatal flaws After the Apollo 1 tragedy NASA changed its plans by first running a series of unmanned missions to test the Saturn rockets and the different modules throughout 1967 and early 1968 and it would not be until Apollo 7 launched about 20 months after the disaster that NASA dared to conduct another manned mission The Apollo 1 Disaster The History and Legacy of the Controversial Fire analyzes the conception of the Apollo program and the events that brought about the fateful disaster Along with pictures of important people places and events you will learn about Apollo 1 like never before in no time at all The Apollo 1 Disaster The Controversial History and Legacy of the Fire that Caused One of NASA s Greatest TragediesInformative but quite dry I struggled not to skim Charles River Editors This was a very interesting book however it was a data book and not one a the story about Apollo One It is a quick read It was like reading a Military training manual with just the facts If you are Space nut like I am it is a good book and one that needs to be read If you are a casual follower you may not enjoy the book It was a Tragedy it is a painful read but it revealed what needed to be done to put men on the Moon Charles River Editors I might describe this as an abridgment of the official NASA report on the fire which killed the crew of Apollo 1 It s interesting but there is so much to say about the men the details of the capsule development including the extensive use of Velcro The tone has been changed slightly from the Engineering Bureaucratic language of the report but can hardly count as smooth prose It s a very short read so it is worth while Charles River Editors Once it finally got around to discussing Apollo I it was a very interesting read That said it was very short and at least a third was miscellaneous NASA backstory I already knew and wasn t looking to read about Charles River Editors
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Includes pictures Explains the design of the Apollo program and investigations into what went wrong Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Includes a table of contents There s always a possibility that you can have a catastrophic failure of course this can happen on any flight it can happen on the last one as well as the first one So you just plan as best you can to take care of all these eventualities and you get a well trained crew and you go fly Gus Grissom December 1966 The Apollo space program is the most famous and celebrated in American history but the first successful landing of men on the Moon during Apollo 11 had complicated roots dating back over a decade and it also involved one of NASA s most infamous tragedies Landing on the Moon presented an ideal goal all on its own but the government s urgency in designing the Apollo program was actually brought about by the Soviet Union which spent much of the 1950s leaving the United States in its dust and rocket fuel In 1957 at a time when people were concerned about communism and nuclear war many Americans were dismayed by news that the Soviet Union was successfully launching satellites into orbit Among those concerned was President Dwight D Eisenhower whose space program was clearly lagging a few years behind the Soviets space program From 1959 1963 the United States worked toward putting satellites and humans into orbit via the Mercury program but Eisenhower s administration was already designing plans for the Apollo program by 1960 a year before the first Russian orbited the Earth and two years before John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth On May 25 1961 President John F Kennedy addressed Congress and asked the nation to commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth Given America s inability to even put a man in orbit yet this seemed like an overly ambitious goal and it isn t even clear that Kennedy himself believed it possible after all he was reluctant to meet NASA Administrator James E Webb s initial funding requests As Apollo 11 s name suggests there were actually a number of Apollo missions that came before many of which included testing the rockets and different orbital and lunar modules in orbit In fact it wasn t until Apollo 8 that a manned vehicle was sent towards the Moon and back and before that mission the most famous Apollo mission was Apollo 1 albeit for all the wrong reasons There were no delusions regarding the dangers of manned space travel but they were brought home on January 27 1967 when all three astronauts were killed by a fire that ignited in the cabin during a launch rehearsal To this day there is still debate over what ignited the fire but the disaster made clear that the modules being used by NASA had a series of fatal flaws After the Apollo 1 tragedy NASA changed its plans by first running a series of unmanned missions to test the Saturn rockets and the different modules throughout 1967 and early 1968 and it would not be until Apollo 7 launched about 20 months after the disaster that NASA dared to conduct another manned mission The Apollo 1 Disaster The History and Legacy of the Controversial Fire analyzes the conception of the Apollo program and the events that brought about the fateful disaster Along with pictures of important people places and events you will learn about Apollo 1 like never before in no time at all The Apollo 1 Disaster The Controversial History and Legacy of the Fire that Caused One of NASA s Greatest TragediesInformative but quite dry I struggled not to skim Charles River Editors This was a very interesting book however it was a data book and not one a the story about Apollo One It is a quick read It was like reading a Military training manual with just the facts If you are Space nut like I am it is a good book and one that needs to be read If you are a casual follower you may not enjoy the book It was a Tragedy it is a painful read but it revealed what needed to be done to put men on the Moon Charles River Editors I might describe this as an abridgment of the official NASA report on the fire which killed the crew of Apollo 1 It s interesting but there is so much to say about the men the details of the capsule development including the extensive use of Velcro The tone has been changed slightly from the Engineering Bureaucratic language of the report but can hardly count as smooth prose It s a very short read so it is worth while Charles River Editors Once it finally got around to discussing Apollo I it was a very interesting read That said it was very short and at least a third was miscellaneous NASA backstory I already knew and wasn t looking to read about Charles River Editors | The Apollo 1 Disaster: The Controversial History and Legacy of the Fire that Caused One of NASA’s Greatest Tragedies By Charles River Editors |
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