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Tom
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posted 12-10-2016 12:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I always wondered, if Deke Slayton flew the second orbital flight as previously planned, what would the remaining schedule look like as far as crews?

Would there be 7 (Mercury) missions?

Lou Chinal
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posted 12-11-2016 04:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lou Chinal   Click Here to Email Lou Chinal     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I wondered about that also. Schirra would have flown the next flight says a National Geographic story.

Delta7
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posted 12-12-2016 08:23 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Delta7   Click Here to Email Delta7     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
In my opinion, it's unlikely they would have flown an extra mission simply to give all seven astronauts a flight. More likely that Schirra and Carpenter would have flown the last two flights and Cooper would have waited until Gemini to fly.

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