The last of NASA's original pilot astronauts : expanding the space frontier in the late sixties /: expanding the space frontier in the late sixties. (2017)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The last of NASA's original pilot astronauts : expanding the space frontier in the late sixties /: expanding the space frontier in the late sixties. (2017)
- Main Title:
- The last of NASA's original pilot astronauts : expanding the space frontier in the late sixties
- Further Information:
- Note: David J. Shayler and Colin Burgess.
- Authors:
- Shayler, David, 1955-
Burgess, Colin - Contents:
- Authors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Prologue; 1: The selections; SELECTING THE RIGHT MEN WITH THE "RIGHT STUFF"; Men for MOL; Selection Criteria; The First Selection; Truly explains the background to the first MOL selection; The unidentified 'ninth candidate'; Changing the rules; Nasa Calls For New Astronauts; MAKING THE CUT; Pleasant, enlightening, and exciting times at Brooks AFB; "As many qualified guys as you find"; And 19 make 50; That fateful phone call; MORE FOR MOL; MOL-II selection; The first USAFA graduate astronaut. The MOL contingency selections The final selection; A fourth astronaut class for MOL?; END OF AN ERA; References; 2: The nineteen; VANCE D. BRAND; JOHN S. BULL; GERALD P. CARR; CHARLES M. DUKE, JR.; JOE H. ENGLE; RONALD E. EVANS; EDWARD G. GIVENS, JR.; FRED W. HAISE, JR.; JAMES B. IRWIN; DON L. LIND; JACK R. LOUSMA; THOMAS K. MATTINGLY II; BRUCE McCANDLESS II; EDGAR D. MITCHELL; WILLIAM R. POGUE; STUART A. ROOSA; JOHN L. SWIGERT, JR.; PAUL J. WEITZ; ALFRED M. WORDEN; CLASS OF '66; References; 3: The 'almost' astronauts; DESPITE THE ODDS; Lieutenant Frank K. Ellis, USN. THE TWENTY-FIVE UNSUCCESSFUL GROUP 5 APPLICANTS Lieutenant Milton ('Milt' or 'Doc') Harold Bank II, USN; Lieutenant Commander Peter A. Banks, USN; Lieutenant Harry Lee Blackburn, Jr., USN; Captain John David Carlton, USMC; Captain Richard E. Cherry, Jr., USAF; M.P. ('Pete') Frank III; George Furlong, Jr.; Major John A. ('Jack') Graff, USAF; DarrylAuthors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Prologue; 1: The selections; SELECTING THE RIGHT MEN WITH THE "RIGHT STUFF"; Men for MOL; Selection Criteria; The First Selection; Truly explains the background to the first MOL selection; The unidentified 'ninth candidate'; Changing the rules; Nasa Calls For New Astronauts; MAKING THE CUT; Pleasant, enlightening, and exciting times at Brooks AFB; "As many qualified guys as you find"; And 19 make 50; That fateful phone call; MORE FOR MOL; MOL-II selection; The first USAFA graduate astronaut. The MOL contingency selections The final selection; A fourth astronaut class for MOL?; END OF AN ERA; References; 2: The nineteen; VANCE D. BRAND; JOHN S. BULL; GERALD P. CARR; CHARLES M. DUKE, JR.; JOE H. ENGLE; RONALD E. EVANS; EDWARD G. GIVENS, JR.; FRED W. HAISE, JR.; JAMES B. IRWIN; DON L. LIND; JACK R. LOUSMA; THOMAS K. MATTINGLY II; BRUCE McCANDLESS II; EDGAR D. MITCHELL; WILLIAM R. POGUE; STUART A. ROOSA; JOHN L. SWIGERT, JR.; PAUL J. WEITZ; ALFRED M. WORDEN; CLASS OF '66; References; 3: The 'almost' astronauts; DESPITE THE ODDS; Lieutenant Frank K. Ellis, USN. THE TWENTY-FIVE UNSUCCESSFUL GROUP 5 APPLICANTS Lieutenant Milton ('Milt' or 'Doc') Harold Bank II, USN; Lieutenant Commander Peter A. Banks, USN; Lieutenant Harry Lee Blackburn, Jr., USN; Captain John David Carlton, USMC; Captain Richard E. Cherry, Jr., USAF; M.P. ('Pete') Frank III; George Furlong, Jr.; Major John A. ('Jack') Graff, USAF; Darryl George Greenamyer; Major Ernest Leon Hatchell, Jr., USAF; Captain George F. Heinrich, USAF; John W. Holtzclaw, USN; Charles J. Howard, M.D.; Hugh M. Jackson; Thomas R. Kloves; Richard Allen Laidley, PhD (Geology). Lieutenant Richard L. Martin, USN Milton Matter, Jr.; Captain John J. Metzko, USMC; Captain Jack Franklin O'Hara, USN; Captain Ernest Arthur Olds, USAF; Lieutenant Dwight Curtis Owings, USN; Lieutenant Robert V. Sallada, USN; Norman P. Shyken; Lieutenant Dwight Dorwan Timm, USN; AMERICA'S UNSUCCESSFUL SECRET ASTRONAUTS; Spence M. ('Sam') Armstrong [MOL II/III]; Alfred Lemont ('Al') Atwell (MOL I); Robert S. Beale (MOL I); Tommy I. Bell (MOL I); Charles Pearre Cabell, Jr. (MOL II/III); Thomas J. Davey, Jr. (MOL II/III); John W. Dettmer (MOL II/III). Alan L. Devereaux (MOL II/III) Brendan ('Bren') Patrick Foley (MOL II/III); Patrick Henry, Jr. (MOL I); James F. Humphries, Jr. (MOL II/III); Wendell R. Hull (MOL II/III); Jimmy D. Kempton (MOL II/III); William J. ('Pete') Knight (MOL I); Eldred D. ('Don') Merkl (MOL II/III); Gerald T. Morris (MOL II/III); Leslie J. Pruitt (MOL II/III); Alexander Kraz Rupp (MOL I); Gary T. Smith (MOL II/III); James R. Stanley (MOL II/III); Gervasio ('Jerry') Tonini (MOL II/III); Joseph P. Waters (MOL II/III); OTHER POSSIBLE APPLICANTS; Frederick Rodgers Dent, III; Stanley P. Lewis; SUMMARY. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Cham : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 629.450092/273
Engineering
Astronauts -- United States -- History
Astronautics -- United States -- History
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
Astronautics
Astronauts
Science -- Astrophysics & Space Science
Astronautics
Astronautics
Astrophysics
Technology & Engineering -- Aeronautics & Astronautics
Aerospace & aviation technology
United States
Electronic books
History
Electronic book - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319510149
3319510142 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783319510125
3319510126 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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