I'm old enough to remember most of the early space program. Our small TV gave us a window to the world colored in black and white with shades of grey. It was s

I'm old enough to remember most of the early space program. Our small TV gave us a window to the world colored in black and white with shades of grey. It was so exciting as a kid to watch these rocket launches, ocean recoveries, and television updates that used crude models of the activities to give viewers an idea of how things were supposed to be working. I remember when Apollo 1 burned up and have never forgotten Grissom, Chaffee, and White. When Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon I was glued to the TV. Space is hard though to a casual observer it may look easy. Success does that to your perception. Thanks for this article as I didn't know some of the details behind Grissom's contributions to our efforts.