wrote:
six of the
seven chosen were naval aviators
(Armstrong,Conrad,Shepard,Young,Cernan). Only one was US Air Force
(Scott). Deke Slayton hand picked the guys -- and Slayton was Air
Force.

That's because they needed one Air Force to fly it and six Navy pukes to
keep it afloat once they touched down. *tongue in cheek*

TheSmokingGnu