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Topic: Original Astronaut Candidate Passes Away
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ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 12-04-2005 08:44 PM
   
Rear Admiral William P. Lawrence, who enoyed a stellar and amazingingly diverse career, and was a final candidate for the first (Mercury) astronaut group, passed away on 2 December. He was also the father of astronaut Wendy Lawrence.Colin |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-05-2005 10:21 AM
William P. Lawrence Dies; Navy Admiral
By Adam Bernstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 5, 2005; Page B04 quote:
William P. Lawrence, 75, a retired Navy vice admiral who was among the highest-ranking members of the armed forces held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam and who later served three years as superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, died Dec. 2 at his home in Crownsville. He had a stroke a decade ago.Early on, Adm. Lawrence was a test pilot and the first naval aviator to fly twice the speed of sound -- 1,300 mph. In the late 1950s, he was a Navy nominee for Project Mercury, which would lift John Glenn and Alan Shepard to orbit and fame as the first Americans in space. Adm. Lawrence was disqualified when a minor heart murmur was discovered.
Read the full article here. |
dtemple
Member Posts: 729
From: Longview, Texas, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 12-05-2005 04:45 PM
Why did a "minor heart murmur" disqualify Lawrence, but not disqualify Slayton? As I recall, Slayton's only revealed itself during high-g conditions. Perhaps Lawrence's happened under other conditions. Any theories on this? |
collocation
Member Posts: 383
From: McLean, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 12-05-2005 06:41 PM
The obit may be incorrect in stating that Shepard orbited in the Mecury like Glenn | |
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