Many thanks!

Nope that is bullshit. The design of the Block 1 Apollo capsule hatch had nothing to do with that incident (one of the many facts this video got wrong). Remember the Gemeni missions all included a hatch that could be opened by the crew for space walks. Liberty Bell 7 (Mercury-Redstone 4) hit the water much harder than expected because they believe that one of the parachute canopies was partially collapsed and was not fully open when he hit the water. He also landed in rough seas. Additionally, he was having trouble communicating with the recovery crew and actually thought they were hooked up to the capsule when the hatch blew. As soon as the hatch came off, the capsule began to fill with water and he exited quickly not realizing that a valve was not fully closed on his pressure suit, and he began to sink. It is a good thing that he was in top physical shape and could tread water as long as he did. In fact, he almost drowned. The recovery crew said he was coughing up sea water when they finally got him into the recovery helicopter. After his flight they changed the protocol for recovery which included frogmen in the water with an inflatable raft and an inflatable Mae West as part of the Astronauts gear (just in case).

A wire under the seat ripped and burned into the seats. The astronauts were not able to escape because they were locked inside the capsule. They only way to open the cabin wad from the oustisde, and there was nothing mission control could do until they burned up

Wow what an ignorant human

Yeah, they were having trouble with poor wiring.

Apollo l was to be launched on top of a Saturn 1B, the next two used the Saturn V, actually Apollo 7 used the Saturn 1B

They were unmanned to simply test the different Saturn rockets in terms of how they functioned under a simple launch scenario. Apollo 1 was a terrible accident that forced NASA to make countless changes to the program, including the designs of the spacecrafts.

Enough with your insane, moronic obsession with this being "faked." You have 0 proof, it would make 0 sense, and you're being grossly disrespectful to these 3 men and their loved ones. JUST STOP IT.

I can only imagine your upset, as a boy.

You've been an indoctrinated Space Sheeple since you were a kid

Gus was my favorite astronaut also. I was nine at the time. I also cried. I know how you feel. All 3 were tremendous men. True heroes.

@@Biggestfoot10209 had it not been for the fire I believe that Gus and Ed would have been the LEM crew on 11.

Why are you blatantly lying? What benefit do you get out of it?

they couldn’t help, they couldn’t do anything cause the plug door hatch, which could not be opened against the internal pressure of the cabin.

how is it wonky?

No you didn't.

@@Nighthawk268 well I know YOU didn't... AND your disbelief makes it that much more intensive... Gameboy!!!

Stop lying dude. No such recording exists since after vehicle breakup, there was no power to run any recorders and there was no battery backup. Lying POS.

You're completely right... The wrong one was the psychiatrist who discharged you.

@@Kannon_BR well, I hope you're NOT insulting me 'cause you haven't.... I've been well compensated by NASA and the US Navy... I've been living in hotels for 35years...and haven't payed fo' ANYTHING....how YOOU DOIN'🫵

What does "advanced" mean? We still do things the same way. You can do most anything with a blank check.

That's a very kind jesture.

N1 mick

You can't physically prove that

You are 364 days younger than me. 🙂

No one died Indoctrinated Space Sheeple

What?

How do you know? Were you an engineer working there? If not stfu and just stay in your mommy’s basement

You thinking this actually happened is a tragedy

​@@David-cv1seYou're absolutely disgusting to deny the horrible deaths of 3 people just because you need everything to be some grand conspiracy to entertain you. What would even be the point of faking this? All it does is make NASA look bad.

@@David-cv1seyou thinking it didn't is a bigger tragedy.....

@Neesie75 You not knowing that you watched a made for TV movie is what's tragic

@@David-cv1sego away you prick

Hey, thank you for the kind words. Most of the NASA footage is U.S. National Archives footage. Very glad you enjoyed!

We did go to the moon, cope, seethe even xD

@@JeanRodo BS

Aww, a flat earther has entered the chat.

You besmirch the sacrifice that these brave men gave in this epic endeavor, you are less than nothing!

@@jooei2810 NOT A FLAT EARTHER BUT YOU ARE SINCE YOU BELIEVE THAT MAN STEPPED FOOT ON THE MOON IN 1968, LMAO

Glad you liked it! Thank you!!

Thank you for that curious anecdote!

@@Forgotten_Fables Glad I'm not the only one that went "what are you talking about" when reading that comment.

Anyone who’s seen From The Earth To The Moon knows this. And it wasn’t North American engineers he spoke with, it was Grumman engineers. 🙄

@@JMG717 Apologies. I was working from memory. I thought it was North American.

So glad you enjoyed! Thank you for the kindness!

Sorry to say I disagree. Whoever edited this apparently could not tell the difference between a Saturn IB and a Saturn V. Reaction shots of flight controllers were from other missions, edited in a way that these people appeared to be reacting to the fire. They were not. During the fire sequence, a shot was used looking OUT a Command Module window during a reentry, possibly Apollo 4 or Apollo 6. Those are just a few examples. This practice is nothing new in space program documentaries. I guess I was hoping this one would be different.

@@toonist123 I only got halfway through it. This "documentary" gets explanations and reasons for the fire mostly wrong. First of all, they were using a block 1 design that was only meant to fly in Earth orbit. The hatch did not need to be opened after launch until splash down. The block 2 capsule was already being built at North American and included some major design changes including a different type of hatch. The most comprehensive documentary about the space race that includes a very detailed and honest explanation about the Apollo 1 disaster with interviews from the people involved including Frank Borman (without the filter of the NASA PR department) is PBS: American Experience "Chasing the Moon". Frank Borman who was the NASA Astronaut liaison to North American had to twist arms to get the hatch completely redesigned because they were already over budget and behind schedule. But was able to get it pushed through. He described the new hatch as "An Aeronautical Engineers wet dream". It worked much like hatches on modern passenger aircraft work. All ground tests after Apollo 1 were still at 16 PSI to mimic a 5 PSI environment in the vacuum of space and consisted of a filtered 21 percent Oxygen and 79 percent Nitrogen mix. At launch the capsule was pressurized using the same ratio and after launch slowly purged and replaced with a pure Oxygen environment at 5 PSI. The CM used Hydrogen - Oxygen fuel cells to generate electricity during the mission the byproduct of which is water that the crew used for drinking and excess O2. The CM environmental system also included an electrolysis system that could separate H2O into breathable Oxygen and air scrubbers that removed the CO2 exhaled by the crew from the CM and LM. After Apollo was cancelled the Space Shuttle and Space Station both used / use an Oxygen - Nitrogen mix at 5 PSI.

Thank you for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it! I'll certainly be doing more early space program content in the future! Cheers

I too really enjoyed this segment. Subbed. More please

@@jeffjeff4477 Thank you!!

much appreciated for that! that's astounding, given how close they were to the vehicle!!

Peace loving? Ask his first wife about that.