Lance and Gus

Callistus Valerius

This is how Gus Grissom "screwed the pooch.":

Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom couldn't resist the urge to take a pocket full of
space history home to the kiddies. Grissom boarded his space capsule in 1961
with pockets stuffed full of soon-to-be collectors items: two rolls of fifty
dimes, some small models of the capsule, and two sets of pilot's wings.

According to Wolfe's controversial account, a panicking Grissom "screwed the
pooch" while reaching for memorabilia that had fallen to the capsule floor.
He accidentally blew the spacecraft's hatch, flooding the capsule and nearly
sinking him with it. In NASA's (and ultimately Grissom's) official account,
the hatch blew for no reason at all, an electrical fluke. But even in this
version, Grissom expressed regret about all those shameful trinkets, saying
their weight nearly drowned him as he awaited rescue.

How will Lance "screw the pooch", in this year's Tour?

psycholist

"Callistus Valerius" <jazzyboss@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> This is how Gus Grissom "screwed the pooch.":
>
> Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom couldn't resist the urge to take a pocket full of
> space history home to the kiddies. Grissom boarded his space capsule in
1961
> with pockets stuffed full of soon-to-be collectors items: two rolls of
fifty
> dimes, some small models of the capsule, and two sets of pilot's wings.
>
> According to Wolfe's controversial account, a panicking Grissom "screwed
the
> pooch" while reaching for memorabilia that had fallen to the capsule
floor.
> He accidentally blew the spacecraft's hatch, flooding the capsule and
nearly
> sinking him with it. In NASA's (and ultimately Grissom's) official
account,
> the hatch blew for no reason at all, an electrical fluke. But even in this
> version, Grissom expressed regret about all those shameful trinkets,
saying
> their weight nearly drowned him as he awaited rescue.
>
> How will Lance "screw the pooch", in this year's Tour?
>


I don't think Sheryl is such a pooch. Sure she's a bit older, but she's
still hot.

Bob C.

Roger Ramjet

All I want to do is have some fun...

"psycholist" <technico@wctel.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Callistus Valerius" <jazzyboss@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:29_kc.2417$Hs1.1387@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> > This is how Gus Grissom "screwed the pooch.":
> >
> > Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom couldn't resist the urge to take a pocket full
of
> > space history home to the kiddies. Grissom boarded his space capsule in
> 1961
> > with pockets stuffed full of soon-to-be collectors items: two rolls of
> fifty
> > dimes, some small models of the capsule, and two sets of pilot's wings.
> >
> > According to Wolfe's controversial account, a panicking Grissom "screwed
> the
> > pooch" while reaching for memorabilia that had fallen to the capsule
> floor.
> > He accidentally blew the spacecraft's hatch, flooding the capsule and
> nearly
> > sinking him with it. In NASA's (and ultimately Grissom's) official
> account,
> > the hatch blew for no reason at all, an electrical fluke. But even in
this
> > version, Grissom expressed regret about all those shameful trinkets,
> saying
> > their weight nearly drowned him as he awaited rescue.
> >
> > How will Lance "screw the pooch", in this year's Tour?
> >
>
>
> I don't think Sheryl is such a pooch. Sure she's a bit older, but she's
> still hot.
>
> Bob C.
>
>

Michael Zaharis

Callistus Valerius wrote:
> This is how Gus Grissom "screwed the pooch.":
>
> Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom couldn't resist the urge to take a pocket full of
> space history home to the kiddies. Grissom boarded his space capsule in 1961
> with pockets stuffed full of soon-to-be collectors items: two rolls of fifty
> dimes, some small models of the capsule, and two sets of pilot's wings.
>
> According to Wolfe's controversial account, a panicking Grissom "screwed the
> pooch" while reaching for memorabilia that had fallen to the capsule floor.
> He accidentally blew the spacecraft's hatch, flooding the capsule and nearly
> sinking him with it. In NASA's (and ultimately Grissom's) official account,
> the hatch blew for no reason at all, an electrical fluke. But even in this
> version, Grissom expressed regret about all those shameful trinkets, saying
> their weight nearly drowned him as he awaited rescue.
>
> How will Lance "screw the pooch", in this year's Tour?
>
>


Don't blame Grissom, although the trinkets were not a great call
(although by no means uncommon, despite the fact that he was the first
to carry some trinkets - do a bit of resarch on Apollo 15). Anyone who
hit the plunger to blow the explosive hatch ended up with a bruise on
their hand from doing it.

http://www.space.com/missionlaunche...ell_000617.html