Njengoba kunikezwe lesi sigaba kuMercury-Redstone 1, bangaki abantu ababesemkhunjini i-MR-1 lapho umkhankaso wehluleka, futhi umkhankaso wenziwa nini?
Context:I-Mercury-Redstone 1 (MR-1) kwakuyi-Mercury-Redstone yokuqala yokuhlolwa kokundiza ngaphandle kweqembu ku-Project Mercury kanye nokuzama kokuqala ukuqalisa isikhala se-Mercury nge-Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle. Yayihloselwe ukuba ibe indiza engaphansi komkhathi engenamuntu, yethulwa ngo-November 21, 1960 ivela eCape Canaveral Air Force Station, eFlorida. Ukuqaliswa kwehluleka ngendlela engajwayelekile: ngokushesha ngemva kokuba i-rocket ye-Mercury-Redstone iqale ukunyakaza, yazivala futhi yahlala emuva endaweni, ngemuva kwalokho i-capsule yalahla i-rocket yayo yokuphunyuka futhi yasebenzisa ama-parachute ayo okubuyisa. Lokhu kuhluleka kuye kwabizwa ngokuthi "ukundiza okungamasentimitha amane", ngenxa yebanga elilinganisiwe elalihanjwe imoto yokwethula.
I-MR-1 yethulwa ngo-November 21, 1960, futhi i-MR-1 yayindiza ngaphandle kwabasebenzi, ngakho kwakungekho bantu emkhunjini.