@Otttoz già. #apollo1 ha insegnato alla NASA che in un ambiente pressurizzato con ossgeno puro l'infiammabilità dei materiali aumenta drasticamente. Hanno imparato. E grazie a ciò, per esempio, la riaccensione, al rientro, del computer di #apollo13 andò bene nonostante la grande quantità di condensa che si era formata.

The two metal structures are the flame #deflectors, which are meant to sit under the #launch table during launch to divert #rocket #exhaust away from the #vehicle to avoid thermal, acoustic, or debris issues, as well as to minimize damage to #pad #infrastructure.
Theses #FlameDeflectors were used at LC-34 for the #Saturn I and the larger, wider one was used for the upgraded Saturn IB. Flame delflectors are meant to divert the #exhaust of a #rocket as it #launches to protect the #vehicle and #pad #infrastructure.
After the #Apollo Program was finished, #LC34’s tower was dismantlted to prevent its uncontrolled collapse due to rust from the salt spray. The rest was #abandoned in place and a #memorial #plaque and kiosk were to memorialize the deaths of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee during the Apollo 1 fire.
#CapeCanaveralAirForceStatsion, #CCAFS, #Apollo1, #AbandonInPlace
Buy a print: https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/lc-34-flame-deflectors-heron-and-fox.html

Outside Moffitt Library on the UC Berkeley campus are several display cases with reprinted newspaper front pages from around the world.
On Fridays, one case is dedicated to a historical event that took place that week. This was yesterday’s, the LA Times front page from January 28, 1967. #apollo1

Here is a CBS News special report on the #Apollo1 tragedy 56 years ago #OTD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSWUnWOMdTk - it had aired on the same evening and came with a lot of background information, not on the cause of the accident, of course, but on the #Apollo program in general.

RT @TheRealBuzz@twitter.com

I’ll never forget the #Apollo1 tragedy of 1967, when my friends Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were lost in the capsule fire. I think of the quote ‘ad astra per aspera’ meaning “through hardships to the stars.” We remember them today, as they did not perish in vain.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TheRealBuzz/status/1618981067163316229

We remember and will never forget their sacrifice.
Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee
True Explorers, True Men, True Patriots, True Americans 🇺🇸
#Apollo1

RT @TheRealBuzz@twitter.com

I’ll never forget the #Apollo1 tragedy of 1967, when my friends Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were lost in the capsule fire. I think of the quote ‘ad astra per aspera’ meaning “through hardships to the stars.” We remember them today, as they did not perish in vain.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/TheRealBuzz/status/1618981067163316229

Grissom, White, Chaffee
#Apollo1 #NASARemembers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSWUnWOMdTk

I was alive for all of these. 😥

RT @AstroHawk@twitter.com

#NASA's most difficult #history have anniversaries in the upcoming days.
56 years ago: Jan 27, 1967 #Apollo1 fire on pad (3 lost)
37 years ago: Jan 28, 1986 #STS51L Challenger explosion (7 lost)
20 years ago: Feb 1, 2003 #STS107 Columbia re-entry breakup (7 lost)
#space

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AstroHawk/status/1618695884002451458

#NASA's most difficult #history have anniversaries in the upcoming days.
56 years ago: Jan 27, 1967 #Apollo1 fire on pad (3 lost)
37 years ago: Jan 28, 1986 #STS51L Challenger explosion (7 lost)
20 years ago: Feb 1, 2003 #STS107 Columbia re-entry breakup (7 lost)
#space

January 27, 1967 CBS News Special Report on the #Apollo1 Tragedy #ThrowbackThursday #NasaRemembers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSWUnWOMdTk

A memory shared today for the #NASA Day of Remembrance: The day before the #Challenger launch disaster, senior NASA official James Beggs made an urgent phone call to the agency's chief engineer after seeing icicles on the launch tower.

https://www.space.com/challenger-launch-decision-anniversary-senior-nasa-official #space #columbia #apollo1

Watching a town hall at work for today’s #NASA Day of Remembrance.

#Apollo1: January 27, 1967

#Challenger: January 28, 1986

#Columbia: February 1, 2003