When you were a little kid. You saw a rocket go off and said i want to do that. Is it that simple or that complex . I was interested in rockets in astronomy long before people get spell rocket. I was interested in it way back in high school. I went to try to build some rockets. I wanted to become a rocket engineer, as a matter of fact. Worked at the rocket society. I wanted to become a rocket engineer but essentially they said you have to go to mit or to caltech. I cannot afford either. So i took a secondary goal. I got an rotc appointment to wisconsin. From there i went to the Naval Academy. I got to the flight training. I became a naval air aviator. In 1958, nasa was formed and they were looking for astronauts. I was one of the original 110 people who were selected. Let me go back to the Naval Academy . That is right. This was right after world war ii. I got down to preflight. My mother, when i was at the university of wisconsin, told me to apply to the Naval Academy. 7z3 vi did it,
Has ever embarked. Neil saturday april 11th, 1970. Liftoff for apollo 13. Neil third trip to surface of the moon. Looks good. Neil commissions commander to be fifth man to walk on. Yes, Alan Shepherd had been grounded for 9 years and he was up for flight again, and so because of his space program, okay, you get apollo 13. And then, you know, wiser heads management said, wait a second, shepherd doesnt have that much screening so far. Maybe we need to give him more training. I had made apollo 8 and i had previous training and i thought 13 would be fine. All the other engines are go. Fourth flight into space, record. Module is coming from about 5,000 miles down to earth. Spacecraft and has 4b traveling in a speed about 22,900 feet per second at this time. Neil in addition to apollo 8, mans First Mission around the moon was two Gemini Missions and turned down the command module when Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin walked on the moon. One small step for man. To be honest about it i just didn
Has ever embarked. Neil saturday april 11th, 1970. Liftoff for apollo 13. Neil third trip to surface of the moon. Looks good. Neil commissions commander to be fifth man to walk on. Yes, Alan Shepherd had been grounded for 9 years and he was up for flight again, and so because of his space program, okay, you get apollo 13. And then, you know, wiser heads management said, wait a second, shepherd doesnt have that much screening so far. Maybe we need to give him more training. I had made apollo 8 and i had previous training and i thought 13 would be fine. All the other engines are go. Fourth flight into space, record. Module is coming from about 5,000 miles down to earth. Spacecraft and has 4b traveling in a speed about 22,900 feet per second at this time. Neil in addition to apollo 8, mans First Mission around the moon was two Gemini Missions and turned down the command module when Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin walked on the moon. One small step for man. To be honest about it i just didn
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