There i got into flight training. I became a naval aviator, and low and behold in 1958 nasa was formed and they were looking for astronauts. So i was one of the original 110 people selected to go for interviews. Lets go back to your Naval Academy days, you almost didnt go, is that right . That is right. I had two years at wisconsin. I informs a Naval Aviation program after world war ii. Have been the most important project in this century. I became the first alternate that usually doesnt make it, are and i got orders for the physical to be inducted into the academy if you so desired. And then i said should i go to the academy, they said dont do that, you two years of college, you have Naval Aviation, if you go back you have to start all over again, you might not get back in aviation, but there was an old captain there and he said if you want to make the navy your career, get yourself to the academy, that is what hatppened. I term paper, my first term paper, i wrote on the development o
Explosion on board. The interview is from the Oral History Program at the Johnson Space center. This is the Johnson Space Center Original history project, may 25th, 1999, at the Johnson Space center. When you were a little kid, you saw a rocket go off and you said i want to do that . Is it that simple or that complex . You know, i was interested in rockets and astronomy long before the glenns and the shepherds of the world could spell rocket. I was interested in it way back in high school. I went to try and build some rockets. I wanted to be a rocket engineer, as a matter of fact. I wrote to the American Rocket Society at that time which is now the aaia or Something Like that, and i said i want to be a rocket engineer, and they wrote back and said you need to go to i. T. Or cal tech, and i couldnt afford either so i got an rotc appointment to wisconsin and then from there i went to the Navel Academy and then i got the flight training. I became a naval aviator, and low and behold in 195
Always been anti democrat and republican and in my neighborhood up there all of a sudden i started seeing nice barkley signs for congress or senate. Barkley barkley. Whos this barkley this Independence Party at the time. And so on. I realized that the majority of the. Great many of them were disgruntled democrats and republicans who feel the systems failing and they want something new. I felt that way also in. The long story shorter. Walk in it so were walking. Crazy but theyre going crazy for me. Good deed leaning over to me and whisper in there didnt have to whisper it was pretty loud he said see the wrong guys running that was the. Thats the wife of my you know it was my hometown was a little embarrassing. But the north completely really did. And i just wonder this would translate into popular and thats where the idea how my hand in thats worth of thought started we had a great big Budget Surplus because the economy in the ninetys was super strong and because of the taxation rate in
I supported dean when he ran. To make the long story shorter. Dinas from minnesota they have the annandale 4th of july parade and he asked me to walk in it so were walking through annandale down the crowds going crazy but theyre going crazy for me you know youre not in d. C. And ill never forget the leaning over to me and whispering there didnt have to whisper it was pretty loud he said see the wrong guys running that was the genesis thats when the white went on the line you know it was my hometown it was a little embarrassing. But he completely and truly did. And thats why i just wonder this would translate into political popularity and thats where the idea how my hand and thats where the thought started we had a great big Budget Surplus because the. Me in the ninetys was super strong and because of the taxation rate in minnesota they took in billions of dollars more than they needed and they spent it and i was doing talk radio and i was just outraged over that how dare them thats the
Yielding around where it had been. 8 is roughly the mark weve been sitting at. It looks like the 10year is yielding as well i know people are short and anxious. These two days backtoback are we putting in a bottom these numbers in new york look promising like the numbers may not be going up as rapidly as imagined well see. We have a lot of big guests to talk about that. We want to get everybody up to date about what happened last night. The Senate Passing that stimulus bill it now goes to the senate. Steve liesman will cover the potential impact on the economy. First, well go to washington, d. C. Where eamon javers is this morning. I cant think of another major vote that was this unanimous, 960. It would have been even more if it hadnt been for the fact that so many members of congress are back home or suffering themselves from this virus we could of seen a 1000 vote yesterday. Buts that where it handed. What is in the bill . Just about something for everybody in the economy lets whip