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Originally Posted by zartor
I recently took interest in this mission and didn't know the capsule was found 38 years later more than 4.5 kilometers deep in the bottom of the sea. I found a great documentary that shows the process of finding and retrieving the capsule along with the history of the mission and Gus Grissom. It's worth watching:
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Thanks for pointing that out, I knew nothing at all about this mission till I found this thread, I thoroughly enjoyed watching the docco and am now keen to learn more about this mission and gus himself. After watching it I also found a short clip of a very nerdy Museum curator showing off some of the stuff they found in the capsule when they restored it... along with dozens of mercury dimes carried by astronauts and hidden by the builders there were aslo dollar bills, signed by (Gus i think?), rolled up and sealed inside heatshrink tube then bundled away with the wiring... How the hell did they manage to find those I wonder?
I'll also be keeping an eye on this build, not only because it's so cool to watch but I now also have an interest in the subject matter. Ain't this place cool!