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gusgrissom · 7 years

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I hate hate hate when (usually in real life) I try to share something positive about Gus/Apollo 1 or the crew members of STS-51-L and STS-107 or other fallen astronauts/cosmonauts, and people feel the need to bring up the accidents. Like of course I know what happened, I think about it every single day, I’m just trying to show you that they had awesome, inspiring lives before that, too! They’re more than just their deaths.

I guess that’s kind of the go-to event most people associate them with, and a way to relate to the subject when they don’t know much else about it/them, but it’s still always upsetting. And most people don’t realize just how awfully upsetting it is sometimes. To them, they’re just talking about that really Tragic and Important Historical Event; to me (and probably a lot of us) I’m reminded of losing people who really mean a lot to me and how I’ve heard my boys die. Sometimes I can’t get those sounds out of my head for days, and then on the days I can and I’m trying to focus on the good lives they lived, someone inevitably reminds me of it again.

Idk I’m just tired of always thinking about it. Some days I wish I could just think about those wild, wonderful 14,908 days of Gus’ life on Earth rather than the last 18 seconds.

#death tw #fallen astronauts #text #*#this is very complain-y and I guess I should be glad when they're remembered at all #but sometimes I think... what's the point of everyone always remembering their deaths if no one can be bothered to learn about their lives?#of course their deaths deserve to be remembered; it's their final ultimate sacrifice #but the way they lived their lives is just as heroic and good #but no one knows about Scob's combat in Vietnam or Gus in Korea and his work on MR-4 or Ilan's service in Israel #they did great things their legacies shouldn't be based solely on the accidents #AND ANOTHER THING I wish people didn't automatically go into Sad Mode when they're mentioned #Gus was so goofy and happy and one of the least sentimental people ever #he didn't want people crying over him #and lbr I do... a lot #but not when I'm thinking about pretty much everything pre-accident #I wish more people could see past the tragedy to the good happy people they were

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