W's Speech

Daily Kos had blow-by-blow comments on Bush's speech:

[Part I] Taxes. Budget. Social Security. Health care. Energy. Environment. Compassion. Abortion. Cloning. Afghanistan. Middle East.

[Part II] AIDS. Terrorism. Shields. Isms. Iran. Korea. Iraq.

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Apollo 1

In memoriam: Gus Grissom, Ed White, Roger Chaffee

27-28 January 1967.

23:31:04.7	First verbal indication of fire reported by crew.
23:31:16	Rupture and resulting jet of hot gases.
23:31:16.8	Beginning of final voice transmission from crew. Entire transmission garbled.
23:31:19.4	Command module ruptured.
23:31:21.8	End of final voice transmission.
23:31:22.4	Television monitors showed flames spreading.
23:31:25	Swirling flow scattered firebrands, spreading fire.
23:32	Fire apparatus and firefighting personnel dispatched.
23:32:04	Attempts to remove hatches.
23:36	Hatches opened, outer hatches removed. Resuscitation of crew impossible.
23:40	Firefighters arrived.
23:43	Doctors arrived.
00:30	Photographs taken, and removal efforts started.

source: http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_01c_Timeline.htm
more info: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollo204/

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