>> More than half a century later, Grissom’s name has faded from memory... Grissom deserves recognition not as an unlucky footnote but as a genuine hero. He wa

>> More than half a century later, Grissom’s name has faded from memory... Grissom deserves recognition not as an unlucky footnote but as a genuine hero. He was also very personally involved in the design for Project Gemini, which certainly had its flaws but is underappreciated IMO. It ends up being seen as simply a stepping stone toward Apollo, but it had actually had a bunch of very interesting design goals of it's own: very precise and controllable landings (including, in earlier plans, a fold-out glider with the pilot's windows facing forward for landing), the beginnings of space stations, much faster turn-around time and more modular design than Mercury, etc.