ETA that the actual anniversary was yesterday, January 27. Yeah, it's been one of those weeks. I don't even know what day it is anymore.

I posted about this because, when I was a kid, I was a huge NASA geek and read everything I could get my hands on about the original Mercury/Apollo astronauts. That was back when I believed NASA was legit. I remember watching a documentary about the Apollo program, and I cried watching the segment about the Apollo 1 tragedy. As I got older, I could never believe that there weren't better safety measures in place to save the crew in the event of an accident like this. They just let those guys cook in that capsule.

I've heard people say that they were killed on purpose to keep them from talking, but it's hard to find information about it now. Grissom, especially, had no problem complaining about problems he saw at NASA. I still think of him and his crew every year on January 27.

I find this picture a little odd. I don't recall ever seeing one like this from any other crew where it showed them praying over a capsule, though maybe there are some out there. Warning: there are images of the burnt spacesuits in this picture as well. https://preview.redd.it/oil0jhkuud981.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c744cbab4f7955e13a565357ea6f8a3b5894d7ac