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Virgil I. Grissom
(3 Apr 1926 - 27 Jan 1967)
American astronaut and pilot who was one of the original “Mercury Seven” astronaut trainees, the second American in space (1961), and died in a fire that resulted while testing the grounded Apollo I capsule (1967).
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Science Quotes by Virgil I. Grissom (1 quote)
If we die, we want people to accept it. We’re in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life.
— Virgil I. Grissom
As quoted in John Andrews Barbour, Footprints on the Moon (1969), 125.
See also:
- 3 Apr - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Grissom's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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