Boebert.SCOMP@MIT-MULTICS@sri-unix (12/01/82)
I'm glad my note sparked some comments; I do want to clarify/reiterate that I wasn't asserting the truth of the barehanded spacewalk, I was simply reporting what I heard at a briefing at Houston. I was a 2LT at the time, and the briefer was an LCol, and under those circumstances you don't (or didn't, at the time) jump up and say "That's impossible!" I still would like to know exactly what happened. If somebody is certain it was Ed White and somebody else has an address I would like to write him and ask. Earl
CLJones.Multics@MIT-MULTICS@sri-unix (12/02/82)
Yes, it was an outer glove of Ed White's which floated out the hatch when he was doing his EVA. I recall seeing pictures of it floating away in Life magazine. You could look it up--the spacewalk was in June of 1965 I believe. You will not be able to write to Ed White as he was one of the three astronauts to perish in the Apollo pad fire.
CC.Clive@UTEXAS-20@sri-unix (12/02/82)
From: Clive Dawson <CC.Clive at UTEXAS-20> Ed White was killed in a launchpad fire along with Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee in January, 1967. -------