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Retrograde

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13. Apollo 1

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Thu Dec 4, 2025, 04:14 PM

7 hrs ago

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 9 hrs ago OP

The uneducated leading the gullible into danger. Bad combo. marble falls 9 hrs ago #1

Some athletes use them. milestogo 9 hrs ago #2

got hyperbaric treatments when my toe was amputated rampartd 8 hrs ago #3

That's interesting about the glasses. dameatball 7 hrs ago #8

Oxygen overload can cause death. John1956PA 8 hrs ago #4

I think he was huffing argon, or some other inert gas. nt mr715 7 hrs ago #14

Oh, thanks. I saw the nasal-oral mask and made the wrong assumption. John1956PA 6 hrs ago #16

It is a Lynch film mr715 5 hrs ago #19

Can you imagine watching your child be burned alive--immolated in a flash? OMG hlthe2b 8 hrs ago #5

Money Kid Berwyn 7 hrs ago #6

Meanwhile Congress thinks that Hemp is a more important issue. cstanleytech 7 hrs ago #7

Hmmmm . . . AverageOldGuy 7 hrs ago #9

it sure didn't help him banish wrinkles Attilatheblond 7 hrs ago #10

Suggest he take some weed in with him to improve the effect. erronis 7 hrs ago #11

Towards the end canetoad 6 hrs ago #17

Oh geez IcyPeas 7 hrs ago #12

Apollo 1 Retrograde 7 hrs ago #13

Thanks for that very unhappy reminder. Odd they didn't test for that situation before. erronis 6 hrs ago #15

Ohhh, I remember that but not why it happened. electric_blue68 3 hrs ago #20

Thanks for a very interesting article canetoad 6 hrs ago #18

Geeebbzzzz, how horrific! electric_blue68 3 hrs ago #21