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T O P I C R E V I E WDuke Of URLHey! Obviously this is asking for speculation but: If NASA picked the "Next Nine" before the end of Mercury, why weren't they eligible for the (possible) MA-10 flight?Along the same lines, if Mercury had been extended would any of them flown?Why would Shepard be a lock and a sharp guy like Borman (or Stafford or McDivitt) be disqualified?Robert PearlmanBesides the time needed to train them, they were't needed or selected for Mercury. Just like Group 19 - which was selected prior to the Space Shuttle program ending but were told they will never fly on shuttle - the Next Nine were specifically chosen for the needs of the Gemini and Apollo programs. Remember that the Mercury program didn't have any other goal but to show that humans could live and work in space. That was done and completed by the time the Next Nine reported for duty. DavidHAlso worth noting that they had duties other than just flight assignments. Their time would have been needed for spacecraft development ground assignments.------------------ http://allthese worlds.hatbag.net/space.php "America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." - Commander Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Mission, 11 December 1972John K. RochesterPlus they weren't very bright guys..John K. RochesterGotcha Duke..............Of course I am just kidding with the above!!
Along the same lines, if Mercury had been extended would any of them flown?
Why would Shepard be a lock and a sharp guy like Borman (or Stafford or McDivitt) be disqualified?
------------------ http://allthese worlds.hatbag.net/space.php "America's challenge of today has forged man's destiny of tomorrow." - Commander Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 Mission, 11 December 1972
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