Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181014:03:58:00
Capsule and on the launch pad by a flash electrical fire. there was no emergency hatch. they couldn't get out, and in the 100% oxygen environment in the capsule, they likely died in seconds. their deaths were a national tragedy and a huge blow to the space program. gus grisham, like his friend neil armstrong was a veteran. he'd flown combat missions overseas. both were purdue educated engineers. he likely would have been the first man on the moon had he lived. betty grisham, famously said that as an astronaut's wife she had already died 100,000 deaths by the time she lost her husband gus, but ...