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EJASA Editor, Astronomical Society of the AtlanticJay@deepthot.cary.nc.us (Jay Denebeim) (06/22/91)
I saw the atronauts memorial while at KSC last week. There were at least two, possibly three groups memorialized there I was not familiar with. The Apollo 1 and Challanger astronauts I recognized. The ones I didn't recognize, I can't recall the names, but there was one involving one person, one involving two people, and a pentagram of stars. Does anyone have information on these? -- |_o_o|\\ |. o.| || The Jay Denebeim | . | || Software | o | || Distillery | |// Address: UUCP: mcnc.org!deepthot.uucp!jay ====== Internet: jay@deepthot.cary.nc.us BBS:(919)-460-7430 VOICE:(919)-460-6934
shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) (06/23/91)
In article <Jay.5841@deepthot.cary.nc.us> Jay@deepthot.cary.nc.us (Jay Denebeim) writes:
I saw the atronauts memorial while at KSC last week. There were at
least two, possibly three groups memorialized there I was not
familiar with. The Apollo 1 and Challanger astronauts I recognized.
The ones I didn't recognize, I can't recall the names, but there
was one involving one person, one involving two people, and a pentagram
of stars.
The two people were Elliot See and Charlie Bassett, who died in a
MacDonnell parking lot after their T-38 clipped the corner of a
building in the fog in St. Louis (Lambert Field?).
The single person was another training accident and I don't recall the
name or circumstance, only that it involved a T-38. I _believe_ that
the pentagram of stars refers to Cosmonaut deaths, since NASA only
claims to have lost 13 in space-related deaths (3 Apollo 1 + 7
Challenger + 2 STL + 1 ?).
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Mary Shafer shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov ames!skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer
NASA Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA
Of course I don't speak for NASA
"Turn to kill, not to engage." CDR Willie Driscollgrimm@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (Keith A. Grimm) (06/24/91)
In article <SHAFER.91Jun22204020@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov>, shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) writes: |> In article <Jay.5841@deepthot.cary.nc.us> Jay@deepthot.cary.nc.us (Jay Denebeim) writes: |> |> I saw the atronauts memorial while at KSC last week. There were at |> least two, possibly three groups memorialized there I was not |> familiar with. The Apollo 1 and Challanger astronauts I recognized. |> |> The ones I didn't recognize, I can't recall the names, but there |> was one involving one person, one involving two people, and a pentagram |> of stars. |> |> The two people were Elliot See and Charlie Bassett, who died in a |> MacDonnell parking lot after their T-38 clipped the corner of a |> building in the fog in St. Louis (Lambert Field?). |> |> The single person was another training accident and I don't recall the |> name or circumstance, only that it involved a T-38. I _believe_ that |> the pentagram of stars refers to Cosmonaut deaths, since NASA only |> claims to have lost 13 in space-related deaths (3 Apollo 1 + 7 |> Challenger + 2 STL + 1 ?). |> -- |> Mary Shafer shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov ames!skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer |> NASA Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA |> Of course I don't speak for NASA |> "Turn to kill, not to engage." CDR Willie Driscoll The single astronaut killed was Ted Freeman in 1964. He sucked a snow goose into the air inlet of his T-38 as he was approaching here at Ellington Field or as it was at the time Ellington Air Force Base. He was the first death in the astrounaut corps.