Anyone else out there think we could really use guys like Gus and Wally on the Artemis project? Fighter pilots, test pilots, genuine throttle jamming stick jocks that make life or death decisions in an instant! The scientists, engineers, mission and payload specialist all have their place but you'll always need a commander to tie it all together.

I admire Mr. Cunningham's bluntness. His book is the same, and one of the more interesting astronaut autobiographies. He should have got a command of a Skylab mission.

in a good way, this man explains things like my parents. (granted, they were both aerospace engineers in the 80s, and maybe that's why.) that aside, this was incredibly insightful. what a great interview.

This was a great interview, it was really nice to hear about the opinions of someone like him on decisions we are making/dealing with today. It is also very insightful to hear about how he felt the Apollo missions will be remembered and how it relates to how people will remember the 20th century. I also enjoy that he really explained how he felt about things while still comparing/mentioning others I ideals. Great interview!

Grissom & crew deaths must've been horrifyingly painful.

RIP Walter.

It's interesting on the idealistic battle between science and engineering on these missions. I never thought as one being more important than the other. I understand what he is saying about these idealistic struggles and implementation between the two.

I'm very glad that recording machines have been invented so things like this could be archived. The best part is the fact that the story is from the actual participants. This is REAL history and I'm glad I was alive to see it all go down. People who think they want to go to the Moon and make a base or go to Mars need to watch this and listen to the work that goes into the projects. Space is not where we can live. It's very dangerous and it will kill if not paid attention to. That said, I want to see what's going to happen in space until I can't pay attention any more or until I die.

What an insightful interview.

We should pay very close attention to the heroes that are here

They are all almost gone.

@rascallyrabbit717

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Nope

@jank330

Жыл бұрын

@@rascallyrabbit717 yup 4 left so pay attention

Walt was a complicated guy. He felt he was unfairly tarred with the ‘difficult crew’ brush by Chris Kraft. Cmdr of the mission, Wally Schirra ,was pretty difficult and did give them all a bit of a bad rap because he felt NASA was pushing too hard so briefly after Apollo 1 and the loss of his good friend Gus. He felt that wanted too many ‘science ‘ experiments and too much TV time crammed into a short mission, so he was ornery. None of that crew got a Moon mission and Walter always felt it was Wally who had cost them their lunar ticket. Wally in his own words is part of this collection . Dont take my word for it.

Wally wanted to do the mission, he just didn't want anyone else to die doing it!

Revealing of PBS standards drop.

😀😀😀ohhh my goodness

Arrogance is what caused this disaster. Because no one wanted to listen to the astronauts.

@colinmeneghini1390

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@Karla Kirkpatrick ?? Would it not be the astronauts who were the arrogant ones? At 9:44 Walter says, “We felt we were such good aviators that, well, we could fly the crates they packed these things in. And that was a mistake… Gus died on January 27, 1967.” at around 2:45 he says that a lot of the contractors and engineers were hungry for the astronauts’ input. And later around 14:24 he says that the astronauts did not want to hold up the Apollo flight with their backlog of tests and checks as launch day approached.

@karlakirkpatrick6687

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@@colinmeneghini1390 I know this I'm talking about how no one was willing to wait and fix the problem, my dad was a mechanic and he said they'd be a less of recalls on cancelled car's if the boardroom had listened to the one's on the assembly line. Yes he worked in the automotive world along with my uncle's who made careers of it, but my dad wasn't content with that he liked to try different things and retired a surface coal miner.

When Walter explained it's not important to go back to the Moon and it's more important to go to Mar. That's when I knew he was right. We are wasting money and time going back to the Moon versus going straight to Mars.

@tedpeterson1156

6 күн бұрын

“Recreate ‘68”