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		hutzlibu on Nov 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My $500M Mars rover mistake Wow, this detail I did not know yet. It just was a reckless rush to the moon, no matter the cost at this time. Without the deaths, nothing would have changed probably.

euroderf on Nov 29, 2023 [–]

I read this in a book some years after the Apollo 1 (i.e. Apollo 204) fire, so I have no reason to doubt its provenance.

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