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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
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Gus Kerman is head of Space Program Operations and all-around repairs guy whenever something around here breaks down. We hope nothing catches fire while he's here.
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Gus Kerman is head of Space Program Operations and all-around repairs guy whenever something around here breaks down, and he's the reason why all our pods have windows.
 
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This may be a rather dark reference to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Grissom Gus Grissom], one of the astronauts killed in the Apollo 1 fire.
 
  
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== Trivia ==
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The original description for Gus read "[w]e hope nothing catches fire while he's here."  This was thought to be a rather dark reference to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Grissom Gus Grissom], one of the astronauts killed in the Apollo 1 fire.  Squad had forgotten who had written it or why, but for [[1.2]], the description was changed to "and he's the reason why all our pods have windows," to refer to Grissom's insistence (and the insistence of the other Mercury 7 astronauts) that the Mercury capsule ("''That'' is a spacecraft, sir.  We do not refer to it as a 'capsule'.  ''Spacecraft''.") have a window (and full pilot control in general).  A dramatized depiction of the "discussion" may be see in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAyJiNobfY8 this clip] from ''[[wikipedia:The Right Stuff (film)|The Right Stuff]]''.
  
 
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Gus Kerman
Gus in Department Meeting
Gus in Department Meeting
Occupation: Head of Operations

Gus Kerman is the head of Space Program Operations.

Description

Gus Kerman is head of Space Program Operations and all-around repairs guy whenever something around here breaks down, and he's the reason why all our pods have windows.

Trivia

The original description for Gus read "[w]e hope nothing catches fire while he's here." This was thought to be a rather dark reference to Gus Grissom, one of the astronauts killed in the Apollo 1 fire. Squad had forgotten who had written it or why, but for 1.2, the description was changed to "and he's the reason why all our pods have windows," to refer to Grissom's insistence (and the insistence of the other Mercury 7 astronauts) that the Mercury capsule ("That is a spacecraft, sir. We do not refer to it as a 'capsule'. Spacecraft.") have a window (and full pilot control in general). A dramatized depiction of the "discussion" may be see in this clip from The Right Stuff.