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MilSF Book Review: Terms Of Enlistment By Marko Kloos Old Bestseller Review: The Wings of the Morning, by Louis Tracy THREE QUICKIE REVIEWS (BRICK, JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH & THUNDERBOLTS*) Vote! in Amazing Stories’ Reader’s Choice Awards for the Second Quarter of 2025! Matt’s Reviews: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling (with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund)
May 20, 2016

Shuttle Astronaut Mike Mullane on the Apollo 1 Fire

Astronaut Mike Mullane has some insights into the ramifications of the Apollo 1 fire. Also, Gus Grissom was buried at West Point and as a cadet Mike marched in his funeral.

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May 6, 2016

The Apollo 1 Fire: “Tough and Competent”

NASA’s “Failure Is Not An Option” culture was born three days after the Apollo 1 fire.

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April 22, 2016

The Apollo 1 Fire: Failure Was An Option

“NASA believed that necessary and sufficient action had been taken to prevent a fire. Of course, all ignition sources had not been eliminated.”

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April 8, 2016

The Apollo 1 Fire: “I’m burning up!”

“Hey!” and Ed White broadcast, “I’ve got a fire in the cockpit!” The Apollo outer hull ruptured and all three astronauts were dead.

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March 25, 2016

The Apollo 1 Fire: Not The First Apollo Astronauts To Die On The Job

Grissom, White and Chaffee weren’t the first Apollo astronauts to die on the job. Four died in NASA training jet accidents. Why didn’t they get more attention?

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Science February 12, 2016

The Apollo 1 Fire: Astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee

Astronauts Ed White and Roger Chaffee were American heroes destined to go to the Moon. Unfortunately, neither of them made it.

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Science January 29, 2016

The Apollo 1 Fire: Astronaut Gus Grissom

NASA’s “Failure is not an option” started after the Apollo 1 fire. Too late for Gus Grissom.

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