To recap briefly,we have had a second successful launching of an American astronaut....
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To recap briefly,
we have had a second successful launching of an American astronaut. Obviously
not as successful as the first one because the capsule itself
was lost in the recovery operation, but successful in its most important
and critical area. The astronaut himself, Air Force
Captain Virgil Grissom, was recovered. The capsule had been equipped
for the first time with a hatch that could be opened from the inside. Now, the controversy was over whether
or not he had panicked and decided, "I've gotta get out of this thing,"
and hit the button, causing this catastrophe.
Or whether he had blundered, and had inadvertently somehow
hit the thing, either of which would be a cardinal sin. The President has called to the astronaut
Captain Virgil Gus Grissom
we have had a second successful launching of an American astronaut. Obviously
not as successful as the first one because the capsule itself
was lost in the recovery operation, but successful in its most important
and critical area. The astronaut himself, Air Force
Captain Virgil Grissom, was recovered. The capsule had been equipped
for the first time with a hatch that could be opened from the inside. Now, the controversy was over whether
or not he had panicked and decided, "I've gotta get out of this thing,"
and hit the button, causing this catastrophe.
Or whether he had blundered, and had inadvertently somehow
hit the thing, either of which would be a cardinal sin. The President has called to the astronaut
Captain Virgil Gus Grissom
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To recap briefly,
we have had a second successful launching
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of an American astronaut. Obviously
not as successful as the first one
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because the capsule itself
was lost in the recovery operation,
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but successful in its most important
and critical area.
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The astronaut himself, Air Force
Captain Virgil Grissom, was recovered.
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The capsule had been equipped
for the first time with a hatch
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that could be opened from the inside.
00:00:26.776 --> 00:00:30.078
Now, the controversy was over whether
or not he had panicked and decided,
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"I've gotta get out of this thing,"
and hit the button,
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causing this catastrophe.
Or whether he had blundered,
00:00:35.066 --> 00:00:37.829
and had inadvertently somehow
hit the thing,
00:00:38.162 --> 00:00:40.665
either of which would be a cardinal sin.
00:00:41.749 --> 00:00:43.543
The President has called
00:00:43.668 --> 00:00:46.879
to the astronaut
Captain Virgil Gus Grissom.
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Movie Summary
Follow the story of the first American astronauts in space in this National Geographic documentary.
