Re: Apollo 7
- From: henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Henry Spencer)
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:12:52 GMT
In article <43854f1c$0$12472$5a62ac22@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Neil Gerace <geracen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> NASA management took it out on Cunningham and
>> Eisele. They never flew again, in part for what happened on Apollo 7.
>
>Was the late Col. Eisele in the backup crew for Apollo 10? If so, that
>doesn't sound like a total shut-out.
Remember, it was already clear that except in very unusual situations,
backup crews weren't going to fly -- their main purpose, really, was to
get people into training for later prime-crew assignments. But when it
came time for Eisele to move up into a prime crew, on Apollo 13, instead
he got shuffled off into Skylab (nee Apollo Applications), Deke's dumping
ground for people not wanted on Apollo.
Even that didn't mean a flight opportunity. Cunningham, who'd gone
straight into Skylab and worked hard there, in hopes of being restored to
management's good graces, was "rewarded" with command of the first Skylab
*backup* crew. (Unsurprisingly, he resigned at that point.)
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