S1E4: Gus Grissom

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Aug 10, 201700:27:12Religion & Spirituality

Gus Grissom tried not to give much thought to the fact that the rocket he was riding to space was built to kill people. But the terrible V-2 would become the beautiful Redstone, and American Astronauts - manifestly the g...

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