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What was America's worst rocket related accident ?- was Ed Givens
Ed Givens.
Perhaps there should be a adjacent memorial for those who died while working on the space program. People like Givens, pad rats who died in work accidents etc. They shouldnt be forgotten...... Okay. What was America's worst rocket related accident with the greatest loss of life? - Rusty Barton |
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What was America's worst rocket related accident ?- was Ed Givens
(Rusty B) writes:
People like Givens, pad rats who died in work accidents etc. They shouldnt be forgotten...... Okay. What was America's worst rocket related accident with the greatest loss of life? If you're not restricting it to spaceflight-related incidents, I'd have to guess the USS Forestall fire from an accidental rocket firing. I think that one killed over 100 sailors. -- Richard W Kaszeta http://www.kaszeta.org/rich |
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What was America's worst rocket related accident ?- was Ed Givens
In article , Rusty B wrote:
Ed Givens. Perhaps there should be a adjacent memorial for those who died while working on the space program. People like Givens, pad rats who died in work accidents etc. They shouldnt be forgotten...... Okay. What was America's worst rocket related accident with the greatest loss of life? As part of the US space program? Two technicians were killed in Columbia in March '81, although this isn't really "rocket related". I have very hazy memories of a SRM test which involved fatalities, and equally hazy ones involving someone dying during VAB construction, but neither of these are sourceable. -- -Andrew Gray |
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What was America's worst rocket related accident ?- was Ed Givens
In article , Rusty B wrote:
Ed Givens. Perhaps there should be a adjacent memorial for those who died while working on the space program. People like Givens, pad rats who died in work accidents etc. They shouldnt be forgotten...... Okay. What was America's worst rocket related accident with the greatest loss of life? As part of the US space program? Two technicians were killed in Columbia in March '81, although this isn't really "rocket related". I have very hazy memories of a SRM test which involved fatalities, and equally hazy ones involving someone dying during VAB construction, but neither of these are sourceable. -- -Andrew Gray |
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What was America's worst rocket related accident ?- was Ed Givens
On 4 Dec 2003 18:04:18 GMT, Andrew Gray
wrote: Okay. What was America's worst rocket related accident with the greatest loss of life? As part of the US space program? Two technicians were killed in Columbia in March '81, although this isn't really "rocket related". Yes, it is. John Bjornstad and Forest Cole died either in Columbia's Aft Compartment or in one of the Tail Service Masts at the launch pad, depending on the source. I have very hazy memories of a SRM test which involved fatalities, and equally hazy ones involving someone dying during VAB construction, but neither of these are sourceable. The VAB construction fatalities (and a victim of lightning at Pad 39B) are documented in "Moonport". http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...204/cover.html Brian |
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What was America's worst rocket related accident ?- was Ed Givens
On 4 Dec 2003 18:04:18 GMT, Andrew Gray
wrote: Okay. What was America's worst rocket related accident with the greatest loss of life? As part of the US space program? Two technicians were killed in Columbia in March '81, although this isn't really "rocket related". Yes, it is. John Bjornstad and Forest Cole died either in Columbia's Aft Compartment or in one of the Tail Service Masts at the launch pad, depending on the source. I have very hazy memories of a SRM test which involved fatalities, and equally hazy ones involving someone dying during VAB construction, but neither of these are sourceable. The VAB construction fatalities (and a victim of lightning at Pad 39B) are documented in "Moonport". http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...204/cover.html Brian |
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What was America's worst rocket related accident ?- was Ed Givens
In article , Brian Thorn wrote:
On 4 Dec 2003 18:04:18 GMT, Andrew Gray wrote: Okay. What was America's worst rocket related accident with the greatest loss of life? As part of the US space program? Two technicians were killed in Columbia in March '81, although this isn't really "rocket related". Yes, it is. John Bjornstad and Forest Cole died either in Columbia's Aft Compartment or in one of the Tail Service Masts at the launch pad, depending on the source. Jenkins says Aft Compartment, IIRC. (He didn't give the names, it took me ages to find the reference.) - the compartment had been filled with N2. (Is this common practice - a fire-retardant?) (I interpreted "rocket related" as "in a rocket accident" - accidental firing, pad explosion, that sort of thing, which is why the qualifier) I have very hazy memories of a SRM test which involved fatalities, and equally hazy ones involving someone dying during VAB construction, but neither of these are sourceable. The VAB construction fatalities (and a victim of lightning at Pad 39B) are documented in "Moonport". http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...204/cover.html Thankyou; I forgot that was on the web - I'd just been noting it was on sale at Amazon, so I can only plead brainfart... -- -Andrew Gray |
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What was America's worst rocket related accident ?- was Ed Givens
In article , Brian Thorn wrote:
On 4 Dec 2003 18:04:18 GMT, Andrew Gray wrote: Okay. What was America's worst rocket related accident with the greatest loss of life? As part of the US space program? Two technicians were killed in Columbia in March '81, although this isn't really "rocket related". Yes, it is. John Bjornstad and Forest Cole died either in Columbia's Aft Compartment or in one of the Tail Service Masts at the launch pad, depending on the source. Jenkins says Aft Compartment, IIRC. (He didn't give the names, it took me ages to find the reference.) - the compartment had been filled with N2. (Is this common practice - a fire-retardant?) (I interpreted "rocket related" as "in a rocket accident" - accidental firing, pad explosion, that sort of thing, which is why the qualifier) I have very hazy memories of a SRM test which involved fatalities, and equally hazy ones involving someone dying during VAB construction, but neither of these are sourceable. The VAB construction fatalities (and a victim of lightning at Pad 39B) are documented in "Moonport". http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...204/cover.html Thankyou; I forgot that was on the web - I'd just been noting it was on sale at Amazon, so I can only plead brainfart... -- -Andrew Gray |
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