Re: Mercury 7 Astronaut Wally Schirra Passes Away


Message posted by Joe on May 03, 2007 at 10:33:06 PST:

He was a true hero. 100 percent committed to seeing Apollo 7 meet all of its mission goals without any "last minute busywork."

Also insisted, over mission control instructions, on protecting his hearing after getting a nasty cold by refusing to wear his word. Some called it a mutany. None of the Apollo 7 crew ever flew again.

Afterwards he appeared in the following Actifed commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBgWjrkYAdE

Joe


In Reply to: Mercury 7 Astronaut Wally Schirra Passes Away posted by Archangel on May 03, 2007 at 10:26:41 PST:

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