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Topic: Astronaut selection board members
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astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-18-2019 01:40 PM
   
Doing some research on who the astronauts were who were members of the selection boards for following groups after Group 1. There were no astronauts on the selection board for Group 1 as we all know. Below is my list of partial astronaut board members. - Group 2: Slayton,
- Group 3:
- Group 4: Shepard, Slayton, McDivitt-?, Borman-?
- Group 5: Young, Collins, Bean, C.Williams
- Group 6: Shepard, Slayton, Garriott
- Group 7:
- Group 8: Young, Brand
- Group 9: Brand
- Group 10:
- Group 11:
- Group 12: A. Fisher
- Group 13: Ross, R. Gibson, Buchli, Apt, Sullivan, Young
- Group 14:
- Group 15: Leestma
- Group 16: Young, Leestma, E. Baker, Wetherbee, Cabana
- Group 17: Leestma
- Group 18:
- Group 19:
- Group 20: Wilson
- Group 21: Wilson
- Group 22:
I also know that Paul Weitz served on three selection boards, but not sure which ones? Any help or information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 06-18-2019 06:11 PM
I think Joe Kerwin was on the Group 8 selection board. Rhea Seddon makes reference to that in her autobiography. |
micropooz
Member Posts: 1512
From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 06-18-2019 08:22 PM
Many years ago after an astronaut autograph show, Wally Schirra joined a bunch of us in the hotel bar. One of the stories he told was how he and Grissom interviewed Buzz Aldrin. So, Schirra and Grissom were likely on the Group 3 selection board. |
brianjbradley
Member Posts: 114
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 06-18-2019 09:19 PM
Rhea Seddon also wrote in her autobiography that she served on the boards for the NASA 13 and 14 classes before and after STS-40. |
MSS
Member Posts: 633
From: Poland
Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-19-2019 07:52 AM
Read at: Astronauts and the People Who Selected Them: A Compendium. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 06-19-2019 08:02 AM
Very odd that the entire Gemini 10 crew would be assigned to the Group 5 selection committee in the midst of training for their flight.
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Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 06-19-2019 01:21 PM
Mike Collins said pretty much the same thing in his autobiography "Carrying The Fire." |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3120
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 06-25-2019 11:20 AM
Gene Cernan noted in "The Last Man on the Moon" that Deke Slayton, Wally Schirra and Al Shepard were on his selection panel (Group 3). |
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