Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Battle Over Grissom's Suit Incomprehensible

Originally it was a battle of Wills between NASA administrators and the family of late Astronaut Gus Grissom. Then Amanda Meyer, 15, of Madison, Connecticut, decided she should intervene and help settle the dispute. Then CNN got a hold of it and before you could say "3,2,1...blastoff!" people from Bangkok to Baltimore were arguing over who should get the suit and why.

Now, it's time for The Space Ace to weigh on. Not that anyone asked, I just say it's time.

Grissom died doing what he loved. It was a horrific accident that claimed also the lives of Astronaut Ed White and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee.
Let's end the horror now. The past is behind us.
NASA, put the suit in Grissom's hometown museum, where it belongs, and everyone else, stop making what was a bad situation worse by gossiping and rumor mongering and putting your noses where they don't belong.

End of story. I hope.

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