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Topic: Photo of the week 846 (January 9, 2021)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3479
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-09-2021 03:08 AM
   
 Mercury-Atlas 7 pilot Deke Slayton pauses at the entrance to the altitude chamber in Hangar S at Cape Canaveral, where he will enter his Mercury spacecraft for a test. This photo was taken in early 1962, before Slayton was removed from the flight in March of that year and replaced by Scott Carpenter. |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 2018
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 01-09-2021 07:35 AM
Definition of the word swagger. Thanks Ed. |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 1717
From: Bethpage, N.Y.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 01-09-2021 11:49 AM
“Go ahead, make my day!” |
randy
Member Posts: 2371
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-09-2021 02:12 PM
The right stuff in spades. |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1611
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 01-09-2021 02:29 PM
As Mike Collins put it about Deke in Carrying The Fire: "Should have flown to the moon and back many times."One has to wonder how different the crew selection process would have been if Deke hadn't been grounded, and someone else had been in charge. |
perineau
Member Posts: 297
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 01-10-2021 05:46 AM
Thanks for posting — there are so (too) few photos of Slayton at that point in his career!
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Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1354
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 01-10-2021 02:51 PM
This is one of the few times NASA made a mistake. Deke should have flown in Mercury, Gemini and an early Apollo flight. |
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