Its something that should be valued and should be used utilized. But pure will toy the extent you are comfortable doing that. Sir . [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] okay. Books and its important to distinguish between me and historians is that im a reporter. Thats all ive ever seen myself doing. What im doing in the books is saying im saying here is what, you know, people have said. H is information. Its not stuff i found out myself inspect is stuff im relaying the scholars, historian, various academics and people like that. This is, you know, they have found. Really im doing the same thing i did if i was doing a newspaper or magazine article. Im finding out what others have done. What the real brains of the world have done and relaying in it a way i hope will be acceptable to people. So the answer, you know, nay couldnt call me an authority on things like that. Oiment not an authority of things like that. The people they have to call in are the people that i
It is a pleasure. Lets begin out at the beginning, but does april 9th, 1959 mean anything to you . Of course, it was one of the happiest days of my life. That was a day in which we all congregated, officially, as the u. S. First astronaut group. We had been through a Selection Process, obviously, previous to that time, but, that was the day that we first showed up, officially, as the first astronauts of the united states. Back at langley field, virginia. At langley. Willingly . Of course, and aca had become nasa in a great hurried turnaround, as you may recall. So, the programs of astronauts selection, and training, basically, was run by the people who worked from langley. Originally, of course, we were all brought into washington. That is where the initiation, in the introduction, and the pre selection, and all of that routine went on. Then, as you know, we had physicals elsewhere in the country. But, once the selection was made, of course, we reported to those people at langley field
Magnificent view, we are blacked out and i would thank you for letting us be here with you to do this. Lets began not at the beginning, because theres a beginning before this. But, does this particular day to mean anything to you . Of course, it was one of the happiest days of my life. That was a day in which we all congregated, officially, as the u. S. First astronaut group. We had been through a selection process, obviously, previous to that time, but, that was the day that we first showed up, officially, as the first astronauts of the united states. Back at langley field, virginia. At langley. Willingly . Of course, and aca had become an asa, nasa, in a great hurried turnaround, as you may recall. So, the programs of astronauts selection, and training, basically, was run by the people who worked from langley. Originally, of course, we were all brought into washington. That is where the initiation, in the introduction, and the pre selection, and all of that routine went on. Then, as
Clive Ernest Fugill Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori art. For someone who was told at high school he’d never amount to.