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Scout
Member
01-19-2005
| Saturday, August 01, 2015 - 5:39 am 
That was really sad. Does anyone know if, in real life, Gus Grissom's wife was really an advocate for better ways to inform the wives of what was happening?
It seemed strange, that after NASA agreed to change the way they informed the wives of deaths or injuries, that same Dr. showed up at the door to tell her.
I really love this show. I almost gave up after the first episode. It seemed like it was going to be about just a bunch of womanizing astronauts, even though the title said "wives". So glad i kept on.
I like to watch it as much for the clothing styles and the house design as the story, but the stories are really compelling, too.
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Misspoufy
Member
09-30-2004
| Saturday, August 01, 2015 - 9:26 am
According to Haley Strode (Jane Conrad) "That actual moment in the script, that was something that was a creative liberty — that moment didn’t actually happen in real life." http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/31/astronaut-wives-club-episode-7-rendezvous-postmortem-haley-strode
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Scout
Member
01-19-2005
| Saturday, August 01, 2015 - 1:15 pm
Misspoufy - that was an interesting article. Thanks for posting the link.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, August 01, 2015 - 6:36 pm
So sorry that the demands came from a such a sad place.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Sunday, August 02, 2015 - 3:01 pm
Oh, that was such a sad episode. I started sniffling as soon as he told her he was taking her to Paris. I knew it would never happen and I knew what was coming. I remember watching parts of the funeral on TV (I was 11). I was so sad for all those kids who had lost their dad.
Betty Grissom was no shrinking violet. She later did the unthinkable and sued NASA for her husband's wrongful death. I think she only got $300,000, which was a lot of money in those days. I forget which of the other wives it was, but one of them never really recovered from her husband's death. She ended up taking her own life many years later. I think she'd even remarried, but she could just never get over his death. So sad.
ETA: It was Ed White's wife! Ed White was the one all the other wives thought was so handsome and would practically drool when he jogged by their houses. His wife was the one who never got over his untimely death, so that would have been your friend's parents, Texannie. It may have been after you graduated, because it was many years after his death that she took her life. It was in the Astronaut Wives book.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Sunday, August 02, 2015 - 4:12 pm
Is the actress that played Babe on All My Children playing Eds wife on this show?
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Sunday, August 02, 2015 - 4:34 pm
the mom was living when we were in high school.
so sad.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Sunday, August 02, 2015 - 4:44 pm
this was from Wikipedia
White's wife Patricia remarried and continued to reside in Houston. On September 7, 1983 she committed suicide after surgery earlier in the year to remove a tumor.
Bonnie received his posthumous award. Bonnie looks like i remember her
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-060515a-edward-white-ambassador-exploration.html
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Tuesday, August 04, 2015 - 10:06 am
The saddest part of those astronauts dying was that when the fire started, it sucked all the oxygen out of the capsule, so they actually suffocated rather than burned to death. The door of the capsule opened outward, but the suction created by the burned up oxygen caused a vaccuum, so they weren't even able to open the door and put out the fire. The design was changed after the accident, so the door would open inward, rather than outward. Such an awful tragedy.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, August 04, 2015 - 11:00 am
I just wanted them to GO TO PARIS and as soon as he postponed it, I knew they would never go together.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, August 06, 2015 - 11:36 pm
Good episode tonight.. sorry this series is so short. More tears!!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, August 10, 2015 - 6:20 pm
It's my must see TV show.
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Friday, August 21, 2015 - 10:00 pm
Great show. Sad it went so fast and is already over 
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Saturday, August 22, 2015 - 5:04 am
Great Summer show. I wouldn't mind seeing more of these shows that wrap it up in one season.
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Misspoufy
Member
09-30-2004
| Saturday, August 22, 2015 - 5:48 am
Loved how it ended, but sad to see it come to an end. I hope the networks will pick up on this an produce more of these summer pleasure series. I really enjoyed this one!
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Starr
Member
07-09-2005
| Saturday, August 22, 2015 - 1:29 pm
I loved this show, too. I noticed on my dvr, the description said "season 1 finale" so I'm hoping that means there will be a season 2!
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Whrlwnd
Member
10-13-2006
| Saturday, August 22, 2015 - 3:13 pm
I thought this show was a nice little surprise. I didn't expect to enjoy it so much... and I learned a little something, too. 
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 5:22 pm
Absolutely loved it! Amazing that out of the 30 astronauts in the program, only 7 marriages survived! We were gone on vacation, so I just finished watching today.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Monday, August 31, 2015 - 5:13 am
I hadn't planned on watching this series. Tried it after I saw positive comments here. So glad I did. I loved it. Summer series I most looked forward to every Thursday night.
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