For those of us that were alive when the Apollo 1 crew died so tragically, we understand if the USA wants to have the best space program we have to put the crew's lives first.
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The Apollo 1 disaster was a colossal screw up. Any chemist or physicist can tell you that even metals burn in pure oxygen, and all it would take to start a fire was a microscopic spark. Some knuckleheads thought they would save a bit of weight by eliminating nitrogen, and instead eliminated a crew in the capsule.
@VoleKenRepublican2yrs2Y
I think the full Mercury and Gemini programs used a pure oxygen atmosphere, too. Apollo 1 was the last ship to use it, not the first.
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