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Ryan Walters
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From: Euless, Texas
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posted 08-16-2020 10:50 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ryan Walters   Click Here to Email Ryan Walters     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hello all! I just wanted to announce that I have a book coming out on May 11, 2021 on the tragedy of Apollo 1. It is being published by Regnery History.

I just hope that my effort gives those three guys some justice and will help preserve their memories for future generations!!

Apollo 1: The Tragedy That Put Us on the Moon
by Ryan S. Walters

On January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee climbed into a new spacecraft perched atop a large Saturn rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a routine dress rehearsal of their upcoming launch into orbit, then less than a month away. All three astronauts were experienced pilots and had dreams of one day walking on the moon. But little did they know, nor did anyone else, that once they entered the spacecraft that cold winter day they would never leave it alive. The Apollo program would be perilously close to failure before it ever got off the ground.

But rather than dooming the space program, this tragedy caused the spacecraft to be completely overhauled, creating a stellar flying machine to achieve the program’s primary goal: putting man on the moon.

Apollo 1 is a candid portrayal of the astronauts, the disaster that killed them, and its aftermath. In it, readers will learn:

  • How the Apollo 1 spacecraft was doomed from the start, with miles of uninsulated wiring and tons of flammable materials in a pure oxygen atmosphere, along with a hatch that wouldn’t open

  • How, due to political pressure, the government contract to build the Apollo 1 craft went to a bidder with an inferior plan

  • How public opinion polls were beginning to turn against the space program before the tragedy and got much worse after
Apollo 1 is about America fulfilling its destiny of man setting foot on the moon. It’s also about the three American heroes who lost their lives in the tragedy, but whose lives were not lost in vain.
  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Regnery History (May 11, 2021)
  • ISBN-10: 1684510945
  • ISBN-13: 978-1684510948

Rick Mulheirn
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posted 08-16-2020 10:56 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rick Mulheirn   Click Here to Email Rick Mulheirn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ryan, I look forward to reading your Apollo 1 book.

I was wondering whether the late Stephen Clemmons was a contributor: a one time member until his sad passing a year or two ago? Stephen was a technician on Pad 34 on the night of the fire and was I believe working on his own book at the time of his passing. Stephen was quite outspoken about events that night and I was hoping his work at least in part may have found its way in to your book.

Philip
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posted 08-17-2020 11:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to it!

randy
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posted 08-17-2020 12:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for randy   Click Here to Email randy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Pre-ordered my copy today. Can't wait!

David C
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posted 08-19-2020 09:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for David C     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I need to know a bit more. Think I'll wait for reviews.

Fra Mauro
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posted 08-19-2020 05:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fra Mauro   Click Here to Email Fra Mauro     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I was always surprised at how few books were dedicated solely to this tragedy.

astro-nut
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posted 09-12-2020 12:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for astro-nut   Click Here to Email astro-nut     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Looking forward to this book. This should be a good book to read and a book about Apollo 1 is long overdue.

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