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January 24th 08, 02:13 AM
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Naval Aviators
I glanced in my copy of Hansen's "First Man, The Life of Neil A.
Armstrong" and happened on a passage about the background of the Apollo pilots charged with landing the LMs on the Moon: 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. I wonder if there are enough training or experience differences to have played a role, or if it was an individual talent / skill issue. Any civilian pilots ever in the US space program? 
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