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This Apollo mission almost ended in MUTINY
This Apollo mission almost ended in MUTINY
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Did you know that one of the Apollo
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missions almost ended in mutiny? Apollo
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7 was NASA's first crewed mission after
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three astronauts died in a fire during
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Apollo 1. Tensions were high. It started
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with NASA overrule its own safety rules
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and launched in poor weather. This
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ticked off Commander Wally Schirra, who
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had just come down with a head cold. A
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cold in space is way worse than on Earth
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because the fluids don't drain in
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microgravity. Not to mention the crew
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was sleep-deprived, trapped in close
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quarters, and overworked. So, first the
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crew refused to test the onboard TV
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cameras when ordered to by mission
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control. And later during re-entry, the
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crew refused to wear their helmets as
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ordered. This was unprecedented, a mini
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mutiny in space. I mostly think the crew
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just wanted to show NASA they were human
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beings, not just astronauts following
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orders. Or maybe it was part of an evil
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plan by Schirra to retire and become a
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spokesman for cold medicine. Either way,
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none of them ever went to space again.
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For more stories about the perils of
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Earth and space exploration, check out
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Space: The Longest Goodbye, link in the
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description.