2006-11-30 14:37:17 · 4 answers · asked by blonde 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
His and the other crewman's deaths taught NASA several painful lessons.
1. Not to use a pure oxygen in the cabin.
2. To have an emergency escape hatch on the inside of the rocket for the crew on the latch pad.
3. To have an escape chute available at the escape hatch
4. To seal the electronic systems better.
5. To have ground control from launch pad to orbit.
2006-11-30 15:01:24 · answer #1 · answered by pj_gal 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
By dying in the Apollo 1 fire, Gus Grissom paved the way for the improved safety of our astronauts. I'm sure he would rather have done it without buying the farm, but all through the early days of the Apollo program, Grissom was one of the strongest critics of the original design of the Apollo capsule. Grissom is often creditted with making the comment that the Apollo capsule was "An accident waiting to happen."
Because of Grissom's outspokenness (is that a real word?), combined with the Apollo 1 disaster, the astronauts were give much more input into the entire program, from investigating what went wrong with the capsule and the redesign of the Apollo spacecraft.
2006-11-30 22:54:59 · answer #2 · answered by Yinzer Power 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
May be proving that rockets should not use pure oxygen which one minor change which they did not comment to the press at the time.
2006-11-30 22:46:23 · answer #3 · answered by stardancerpoet 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he died with his boots on
2006-11-30 22:38:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋