An ultimatum issued after this event demanded that Lee Atwood either resign or fire his employee Harrison Storms.
An ultimatum issued after this event demanded that Lee Atwood either resign or fire his employee Harrison Storms. A humorous image taken before this event shows three men praying around a table with the inscription ";it isn't that we don't trust you, Joe, but this time we've decided to go over your head."; That picture refers to Joseph Francis Shea, who suffered a nervous breakdown due to this event. Due to a dislocated shoulder, Donn Eisele was not present during this incident, which may have been caused by ";34 square feet of Velcro."; This event led to hearings where Walter Mondale released the ";Phillips Report"; and called for federal funding to be cut off. This event caused the death of Roger Chaffee, Edward Higgins White, and Gus Grissom after a routine systems test at Cape Canaveral. For 10 points, name this fiery disaster that nearly derailed a NASA effort to achieve a manned lunar landing.
An ultimatum issued after this event demanded that Lee Atwood either resign or fire his employee Harrison Storms.
Apollo 1 fire [prompt on just Apollo, accept any synonym for ―disaster‖ in place of ―fire‖]