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Old July 1st 06, 06:35 AM posted to sci.space.history
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Default what was Apollo 1's mission to be?

In article ,
Malcolm Bacchus wrote:
*** Whether they were SA or AS was a debate between, unsurprising,
Marshall and Houston. Marshall wanted the launcher name first, Houston
wanted the s/c...


Houston officially won that battle -- HQ decided that AS was to be used
for the mission as a whole -- but you'll still find SA in some Marshall
documents.
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