Popular Culture
- An episode of the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon tells the story of the Apollo 1 tragedy and its aftermath. It stars Mark Rolston as Gus Grissom, Chris Isaak as Ed White and Ben Marley as Roger Chaffee.
- The accident is briefly depicted in the opening scene of the film Apollo 13.
- The memorial plaque is briefly depicted in a scene from the movie Armageddon.
- The movie Star Trek III: The Search For Spock features a science vessel named the USS Grissom.
- The TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine features a shuttlecraft named the Chaffee.
- Bioware's "Mass Effect" features the historical figure "Admiral Jon Grissom" as a pioneer of human interstellar space flight.
- The novel First Flight by Chris Claremont has a section of a fictitious moonbase named Grissom Starport.
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Famous quotes containing the words popular culture, popular and/or culture:
“Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The press is no substitute for institutions. It is like the beam of a searchlight that moves restlessly about, bringing one episode and then another out of darkness into vision. Men cannot do the work of the world by this light alone. They cannot govern society by episodes, incidents, and eruptions. It is only when they work by a steady light of their own, that the press, when it is turned upon them, reveals a situation intelligible enough for a popular decision.”
—Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)
“All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once!”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)