We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.

This week’s Mini Failure is about Apollo 1. What was meant to be a non-hazardous test for the first crewed mission to the Moon, turned out to be a devastating event for NASA and space travel in general. Like all the engineering failures we’ve covered on this show, and as tragic as it was, there is a lot to learn from not only how the fire started, but how it spread and how the rescue was mishandled.

Engineering News

• https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/world-first-ocean-drone-captures-video-from-inside-hurricane

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlantic_hurricane_season#Hurricane_Sam

• Hurricane Hunters - https://www.hurricanehunters.com/

Apollo 1

• https://www2.engineering.com/Library/ArticlesPage/tabid/85/ArticleID/67/categoryId/7/Apollo-1.aspx

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1

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