Re: Military service and the astronaut Corps

From: Henry Spencer (henry_at_spsystems.net)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 21:48:16 GMT

In article <9F3zc.749160$oR5.235666@pd7tw3no>,
Dave Michelson <davem@ece.ubc.ca> wrote:
>It's interesting to note that it seems that Armstrong was simply destined to
>get into space one way or another. (MISS candidate, X-15 pilot, X-20
>candidate, NASA Group II.)

Indeed, he might well have been in the first astronaut group if he hadn't
been a civilian. (The first group had to be active-duty military.) 

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