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13. Apollo 1

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 05:14 PM

Dec 2025

Apollo 1 was going to be the first test mission for the manned moon flight. NASA was testing it at Cape Kennedy (IIRC). The capsule used a pure oxygen environment. A loose wire sparked, and the oxygen in the capsule fed the flames as the three people in the capsule were burned to death. After that, NASA stopped using pure oxygen environments, and spent a few years revamping the space program.

Wonderful -but destructive - stuff, oxygen.

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'It's absolute anarchy': Oxygen therapy chambers have led to horrific deaths. Why are Maha elite raving about them? [View all] erronis Dec 2025 OP

The uneducated leading the gullible into danger. Bad combo. marble falls Dec 2025 #1

Some athletes use them. milestogo Dec 2025 #2

got hyperbaric treatments when my toe was amputated rampartd Dec 2025 #3

That's interesting about the glasses. dameatball Dec 2025 #8

Oxygen overload can cause death. John1956PA Dec 2025 #4

I think he was huffing argon, or some other inert gas. nt mr715 Dec 2025 #14

Oh, thanks. I saw the nasal-oral mask and made the wrong assumption. John1956PA Dec 2025 #16

It is a Lynch film mr715 Dec 2025 #19

I stand corrected mr715 Dec 2025 #22

Can you imagine watching your child be burned alive--immolated in a flash? OMG hlthe2b Dec 2025 #5

Money Kid Berwyn Dec 2025 #6

Meanwhile Congress thinks that Hemp is a more important issue. cstanleytech Dec 2025 #7

Hmmmm . . . AverageOldGuy Dec 2025 #9

it sure didn't help him banish wrinkles Attilatheblond Dec 2025 #10

Suggest he take some weed in with him to improve the effect. erronis Dec 2025 #11

Towards the end canetoad Dec 2025 #17

Oh geez IcyPeas Dec 2025 #12

Apollo 1 Retrograde Dec 2025 #13

Thanks for that very unhappy reminder. Odd they didn't test for that situation before. erronis Dec 2025 #15

Ohhh, I remember that but not why it happened. electric_blue68 Dec 2025 #20

Thanks for a very interesting article canetoad Dec 2025 #18

Geeebbzzzz, how horrific! electric_blue68 Dec 2025 #21