Interesting I had no idea. This was also the first crewed mission following the Apollo 1 failure. There's some explanation of what they disagreed on here: https

Interesting I had no idea. This was also the first crewed mission following the Apollo 1 failure. There's some explanation of what they disagreed on here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_7#Conflict_and_splashdown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_7#Conflict_and_splashdo... The commander resisted the start of the first live TV broadcast in space for safety reasons. The mission had both technical and public relations goals, and it's fascinating to see these in understandable conflict.