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... ordered enough rare cream sherry for the whole mission, for Skylab mission. I don’t know if that’s ever been done before. I ordered it on a government purchase order, and ... a seal on it, so when the Russians inspectors see it, “We can’t accept that. Somebody’s already been in there and opened it up.” Then on top of that, they ... that way, so my name is on the official document that it’s approved. I didn’t realize we didn’t have to go through all the protocol to get it done. '''Ross ...

... . So I remember making all of those tapes of that conversation. I can’t remember the guy’s name, he was some general that was in charge of manned space flight up ... answer here.” So they went on for about three more weeks. Meanwhile, the Shuttle’s not flying, didn’t solve the problem. NASA Washington finally decided, “Well, we’d better put together ... . He sat down and figured this whole thing out. Those Grumman Ph.D's., the guys didn’t really believe him much, but he convinced them how to fix the problem, and ...

... area early morning. Nobody shows up. I'm getting calls. "Where's Deke? Where's Tom? Where's Vance?" "I don't know." Deke came in about two o'clock in the afternoon. I ... would hope that they would have made it, but for whatever reason they didn't. It's probably about that much difference between the guy that made it and the one who ... had a long way to go. I think you can't forget Mac's flight— James A. McDivitt's flight. You can't forget Tom's flight. Those were key steps. By the way, another ...

... one thing, the parachutes came in with nine-inch risers. Nine inches isn't very long. The crewman's on his back. This riser has to come over and attach to a ... they go out to do it and they really can't do it, because they really didn't get all the instruction. He's real good about listening and has a lot of ... English real well, so training was real easy. Ryumin didn't speak English, and it was definitely much harder. It's frustrating on his side, especially when you're trying to operate ...

... he was going to the same meeting. I asked Dale, “What’s the meeting for?” He said he didn’t’ know. We both speculated back and forth as to why Mr. Abbey ... Dan Daniel C. Brandenstein sitting outside of Mr. Abbey’s office. He had been invited to the same meeting and he didn’t know why we were there either. After a few ... awarded the West German Luftwaffe Wings, I don’t think this had any effect on Mr. Abbey’s decision. '''Ross-Nazzal:''' Why don’t you tell me about training and working with the ...

... 't have room on the ramp for us. That was, again, a Dave Scott/Chris Kraft kind of butting heads, but fortunately I knew General Rushworth, who was running the U.S ... but still teaching up at A&M, he hadn't been out of the Air Force too long. He was sort of Deke's deputy. We went up and talked to General ... to do, and we were busy enough with supporting the Shuttle, T-38, STA's, and the SCA that it didn't really bother us very much. '''Carlson:''' I had a couple of ...

... expressed the idea thatas long as survival and commerce in space don't spark another reality TV show, she's all for it Image:Beyond Earth fig 18.1.jpg 400 px ... thought of it, so I don't know; we were put on Earth for a reason, and I think that's where we should stay; what's there to envision, anyway? We know ... can travel to space but at the same time, they don't want the experience to become so common that it's taken for granted. They think America in space will be ...

... . It couldn't have effectively defended Canada but it would have made up for that shortcoming with the balance of trade it would have generated, while simultaneously keeping Canada's team of ... " paradigm, defending against Soviet bombers, which, despite a stream of predictions to the contrary, hadn't all disappeared. By late December discussions were underway to purchase McDonnell-Douglas Voodoo aircraft from ... 's Iroquois engine boasted the highest thrust, the lowest specific weight, the greatest mass flow, and the greatest potential of all known engines under development."'' He then asserted that it didn't ...

... = background: ddf; datastyle = text-align:right; header1 = label1 = data1 = header2 = label2 = Birth Name data2 = Guion S. Bluford Jr. header3 = label3 = Birth Date data3 = Nov 22 1942 header4 = label4 = Birth Place data4 ... dynamics. He has logged more than 5,200 hours jet flight time in the T-33, T-37, T-38 , F-4C, F-15, U-2/TR-1 and F-5A/B, including ... ); the T-38 Instructor Pilot of the Month (1970); the Air Training Command Outstanding Flight Safety Award (1970); the Air Force Commendation Medal (1972); the Air Force Institute of Technology's Mervin ...

... : ddf; datastyle = text-align:right; header1 = label1 = data1 = header2 = label2 = Birth Name data2 = Kenneth T. Ham header3 = label3 = Birth Date data3 = Dec 12 1964 header4 = label4 = Birth Place data4 = ... performed three spacewalks to maintain the station and prime the new Japanese module's robotic arm for work during the nine days it was docked at the ...

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