May 21 1967
From The Space Library
Astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Thomas P. Stafford, and Frank Borman were interviewed on NBC-TV's "Meet the Press." Borman said he had "nothing but admiration for the way NASA had conducted its investigation of the Jan. 27 Apollo accident and that, far from losing confidence in the agency, he had gained confidence in it. Asked if he believed that some other group should also investigate the fire, he replied: "Absolutely not. I don't understand the desire for another investigation." Schirra, asked if he believed it were necessary to send men to the moon when unmanned spacecraft were obtaining valuable information, responded: "It is only natural that man must go out there and see for himself." The computer in unmanned flights is only a product of man's mind, and, "if something different occurs, man is best equipped to make the move." (AP, Newsday, 5/22/67)
One remaining "lightweight" prototype of USN's F-111B fighter aircraft had been grounded pending investigation board's determination of cause of April 21 accident in which an F-111B, which had been stripped of excess weight, crashed on takeoff. "You can't lose that high a proportion of your total assets and not have it hurt . . . a lot," Capt. K. C. Childers, deputy director of F-111B-Phoenix program, told Washington Evening Star. He emphasized, however, that three other USN models of the aircraft were still flying, and two of them were being used in tests of the Phoenix missile that formed an integral part of the F-111B weapon system. (W Star, 5/21/67, A7)
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