Was Grissom to blame? ...... fact check
http://zap2it.com/2015/08/astronaut-wives-club-nasa-gus-grissom-fire/
Grands...Glad to see you come and glad to see you go
Please don't post links to outside sources unless you have the background to be able to evaluate their sources. If the article isn't quoting a space historian of the stature of Jim Oberg or Andrew Chaikin, regard it as questionable. Space.com has a mixed record of factual accuracy. When they reprint stuff from reputable sources, fine, but too often they run lunatic fringe stuff just to draw eyeballs. Don't feed the trolls.
Besides, you should have known from watching the last episode that the writer of that article already had his/her facts wrong. What's shown in the episode is a representative from North American Aviation hinting that Gus was to blame, not anyone from NASA. Plus anyone who watched should have immediately known from common sense that it was a bogus cover-up accusation. If there had been wires hanging down where Gus could have kicked them, causing a fatal short, that would have been NAA's fault anyway. IIRC, the location of the fatal arc source was eventually traced to up behind the instrument panel where none of the astronauts could have contacted the wiring.
It's unfortunate but sadly correct that the writers of the last episode included the rumor that Gus might have caused the fire, because that did happen. In the end, Gus was exonerated (again!) and Betty won a settlement in her lawsuit against NAA.
wab-3
This is not a documentary. Was Gus Grissom shot into space? Fact Did three men die? Fact Did they try to blame Gus Grissom? Rumor Was there something wrong with the capsule? Fact Was Pat White distraught. Fact She committed suicide later in life. Was the Apollo 1 investigated? Fact
Grands...Glad to see you come and glad to see you go
You're hardly the one who should be claiming factual accuracy when you cited an article that was factually wrong on critical details. NASA did not try to blame Gus for the fire.
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