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Re:Apollo 1 by pjmlp on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @03:29AM (#13479738)
True, but not less brave than those that ventured into the endless oceans, when everything everyone knew was only Europe.
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Re:Apollo 1 by Lio on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @12:16PM (#13483373)
Or the 8 men on the K-19 Widowmaker submarine who had to repair their reactor knowing it meant certain death.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3136111.stm

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Re:Apollo 1 by earthboundkid on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @03:22PM (#13485636)
Man, the Hawaiians got that beat for courage. They had smaller boats, no magnetic compasses, and they still managed to find some tiny islands in the middle of the Pacific by ~900CE.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesia#History_of_the_Polyn...

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Re:Apollo 1 by samkite on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @12:34PM (#13483608)
Totally agree. Many of the first Portuguese and Spanish explorers didn't even know if they would ever come back. They were leaving home to go to distant lands at a time where people still believed in monsters, witches and mermaids.
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