I Roger Chaffee is interesting because his dad had scarlet fever and Roger could have died way earlier, so he could have had no impact on the world. Also, my astronaut was interesting because he went to Purdue to study science and engineering. I've always wanted to learn more about engineering and my step-grandfather was an engineer. After Roger went to Purdue he did his Navy training and joined the Naval Air Force, he eventually became a lieutenant. My great grandfather served in the military but I'm not sure what he did, and a distant uncle of mine has served in Afghanistan. His death was very tragic because it was in training and it was NASA's first disaster. That disaster also killed two other astronauts that could have also been destined
