Aeronautics Industry Aeronautics Industry    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Apollo 1 DVD from Spacecraft Films          Aeronautics Industry Forum Index -> Aeronautics Industry View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Stan Marsh Guest Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:56 am    Post subject: Apollo 1 DVD from Spacecraft Films FYI, the Apollo 1 DVD was released last week, about 4.5 hours of material. Definitely up to Spacecraft Films standards and highly recommended. $19.99 on Amazon.com. I was very surprised that the cockpit audio (up to and including the fire) was included. The producer noted that he had no idea that the audio was available to the public, with no restrictions. It's kind of uncomfortable to listen to (an edited version is also included), but it is striking how quickly it all happened (mercifully). Chris Kraft, and many others, opined that we would not have gotten to the moon without the sacrifice of the Apollo 1 crew. I agree; your thoughts?... Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Richard F. Drushel Guest Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 2:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Apollo 1 DVD from Spacecraft Films Stan Marsh <therocketman@softhome.net> wrote: : I was very surprised that the cockpit audio (up to and including the fire) : was included. The producer noted that he had no idea that the audio was : available to the public, with no restrictions. That's very interesting, since in the Apollo 204 Board report materials, they went to great lengths to insure that almost nobody could ever hear that bit of audio...dupe tapes had to have that segment erased, and IIRC only Dr. Thompson (Board chairman) himself could authorize playing it back. NASA must have relented at some point, or the Board's mandate expired, or something. I think it's in Appendix A, or in the list of Board directives. http://drushel.cwru.edu/apollo204/ So does the enhanced audio allow final resolution on exactly what was said, and by whom? It was very debatable back in 1967. *Rich* -- Richard F. Drushel, Ph.D. | "They fell: for Heaven to them no hope Instructor and Executive Officer | imparts / Who hear not for the beating Department of Biology, CWRU | of their hearts." Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7080 U.S.A. | -- Edgar Allan Poe, "Al-Aaraaf" Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Stan Marsh Guest Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 7:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Apollo 1 DVD from Spacecraft Films "Richard F. Drushel" <rfd@po.cwru.edu> wrote in message news:f19o46$chr$1@eeyore.INS.cwru.edu... Quote: So does the enhanced audio allow final resolution on exactly what was said, and by whom? It was very debatable back in 1967. Not sure if the (30 minutes of) audio is enhanced in any way, but it's pretty clear what is being said, and who is speaking, for the most part. The voices of the astronauts are each pretty distinctive, especially Grissom. The final couple of transmissions are pretty badly garbled, appear to be either White or Chaffee. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Terrell Miller Guest Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 7:13 am    Post subject: Re: Apollo 1 DVD from Spacecraft Films "Richard F. Drushel" <rfd@po.cwru.edu> wrote in message news:f19o46$chr$1@eeyore.INS.cwru.edu... Quote: So does the enhanced audio allow final resolution on exactly what was said, and by whom? It was very debatable back in 1967. After listening to it, I think it's fair to say that was just a little humanitarian white lie to try and dissuade people from getting a copy. Make people think you really can't hear much and maybe they'll forget about the tape. It's very clear and very gruesome. I've read descriptions of Chaffee's last transmission as a "brief cry of pain". It's not. It's only the first few seconds (the part that got recorded) of his screaming in primal terror. I'm really thankful that the last fifteen seconds before they would have lost consciousness were *not* recorded. It would have only been a lot worse. -- Terrell Miller millerto@bellsouth.net "One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." - Elbert Hubbard Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Terrell Miller Guest Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:03 am    Post subject: Re: Apollo 1 DVD from Spacecraft Films "Terrell Miller" <millerto@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:e5w0i.22$nh.3@bignews3.bellsouth.net... Quote: I'm really thankful that the last fifteen seconds before they would have lost consciousness were *not* recorded. It would have only been a lot worse. ....adn let me add that I would have been even more grateful if the crew hadn't had to go through the entire ordeal, let alone those last fifteen seconds. My wording earlier sounded a little callous, sorry about that. -- Terrell Miller millerto@bellsouth.net "One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. 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