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To: Proud White Trump Supporter
Looks like they also showed the Gemini mission, where Armstrong was able to gain control of the spacecraft when it spun out of control.

That showed true grace under extreme pressure.

Supposedly Grissom was to be "The first man on the moon".

Maybe.

Armstrong was certainly "worthy".

12 posted on 06/08/2018 9:09:44 PM PDT by boop ("I said give me the brandy!")
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To: boop

Grissom was indeed supposed to be the first to walk on the moon, even after the controversy of him supposedly blowing the hatch on the Mercury or Gemini capsule.


15 posted on 06/08/2018 9:24:23 PM PDT by Proud White Trump Supporter
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To: boop
Armstrong was certainly "worthy"

Your assessment is correct. I flew with Norm Crabtree when he was Ohio's director of aviation. He had flown with Armstrong and said he was one of the best. I knew Scott Crossfield, in Virginia, who agreed. Armstrong was outstanding in every major assignment, starting with the X-15. And he was "cool" about it.

17 posted on 06/08/2018 9:30:29 PM PDT by Ace's Dad ("America is Great because America is Good " - Alexis de Tocqueville)
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