Apollo 1- Fifty Years Ago
Virgil “Gus” Ivan Grissom, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
Edward Higgins White, II, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
Roger Bruce Chaffee, Lieutenant Commander, USN
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Another sad chapter in the race for Space! But they were very brave men who knew the risks and did it anyway. 🙂 We could use guy’s like this today.
Being a petulant back-stabber offers more avenues for advancement than taking risks, especially risks for yourself.
And being born on third base (and thinking you hit a triple) offers even more avenues for advancement. Heck, if you’re born rich enough, you can even become President! (With a little help from your friends, of course, both domestic and foreign).
His parents sent him to a military school because he was such a schmuck. Hell, even the Shrubbery got in to Phillips Academy to take off some of the edges and teach the young 1% how to get a ‘gentleman’s C’. That high school was as close as he came to military service [cue up CCR]