“The conquest of space is worth the risk of life,” said Gus Grissom.

"Outside of the aerospace industry, the story of Apollo 1, along with NASA’s rapid recovery through the historic Apollo 4 rocket launch and the Apollo 7 crewed mission, has largely been relegated to a historical footnote. It pales against the dazzle of six Moon landings. Yet without the fire, and the difficult decisions made in 1967 and 1968, NASA would never have met President Kennedy’s Moon mandate.

In fact, humans might never have reached the Moon at all...

“The conquest of space is worth the risk of life,” said Gus Grissom.

"Outside of the aerospace industry, the story of Apollo 1, along with NASA’s rapid recovery through the historic Apollo 4 rocket launch and the Apollo 7 crewed mission, has largely been relegated to a historical footnote. It pales against the dazzle of six Moon landings. Yet without the fire, and the difficult decisions made in 1967 and 1968, NASA would never have met President Kennedy’s Moon mandate.

In fact, humans might never have reached the Moon at all...