[Jett-CC]-mith
03-13-2008, 09:05 PM
I know there are quite a few Jett Motorcyclists, so, maybe y'all will enjoy this. For those that don't know the story behind Apollo 1...
Apollo 1 is the official name given to the never-flown Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) mission. Its command module (CM-012) was destroyed by fire during a test and training exercise on January 27, 1967 at Pad 34 (Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral, then known as Cape Kennedy) atop a Saturn IB rocket. The crew onboard were astronauts selected for the first manned Apollo program mission, and all three died in the accident: Command Pilot Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee. Although the ignition source of the fire was never determined, their deaths were attributed to a wide range of lethal design hazards in the early Apollo command module such as its highly pressurized 100% oxygen atmosphere during the test, many wiring and plumbing flaws, flammable materials in the ****pit, a hatch which might not open at all in an emergency, and even the flight suits worn by the astronauts.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh81/daily_rider/rp_kr_apollo01.jpg
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh81/daily_rider/groupnasabike.jpg
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh81/daily_rider/Apollo5.jpg
Apollo 1 is the official name given to the never-flown Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) mission. Its command module (CM-012) was destroyed by fire during a test and training exercise on January 27, 1967 at Pad 34 (Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral, then known as Cape Kennedy) atop a Saturn IB rocket. The crew onboard were astronauts selected for the first manned Apollo program mission, and all three died in the accident: Command Pilot Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee. Although the ignition source of the fire was never determined, their deaths were attributed to a wide range of lethal design hazards in the early Apollo command module such as its highly pressurized 100% oxygen atmosphere during the test, many wiring and plumbing flaws, flammable materials in the ****pit, a hatch which might not open at all in an emergency, and even the flight suits worn by the astronauts.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh81/daily_rider/rp_kr_apollo01.jpg
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh81/daily_rider/groupnasabike.jpg
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh81/daily_rider/Apollo5.jpg