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Quote by: Scribbler1  Technically, people DID die. The Apollo program was created specifically for a Moon shot. Apollo 1 was the one that burned up on the launchpad and killed Grissom, Chafee and White. And the actual flights didn't go without a hitch either (Apollo 13). But, amazingly, nobody died in Space. |
But.. on the Lunar Missions.. actual space flight.. no.. no fatalities.. And Apollo XIII demonstrated the redundancy & can-do spirit of the real NASA.. that is long.. long gone. The shittle.. er.. shuttle.. is a sorry excuse for the original design.. it was tricky dick's cheapened version that we have today.. complete with Thiokol's join-the-sections solid boosters.. cheaper than one-piece boosters.. space flight shouldn't be trusted to the low bidder/cheap design concept crowd.
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Race To The Moon 1957:1975