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posted 06-19-2021 01:54 AM               

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Astronaut Bill Pogue evaluates handling of the Modularized Equipment Transporter (MET) for Apollo 14 aboard a KC-135 aircraft under reduced gravity conditions in December 1969. Tony England and Gordon Fullerton observe at left.

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posted 06-22-2021 06:01 AM               

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Great post Ed.

Credit to the photographers who captured some of these great shots that you share each week. Some of them must of had such fun getting images such as this, and the privilege of calling it a job.

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posted 06-23-2021 07:50 AM            

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Originally posted by Ken Havekotte:
It was just about 3 months before that Fullerton had been chosen for NASA Astronaut Group 7 and as an Apollo 14 support crewman.

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This brings up something I hadn't considered. Did the Group 7 astronauts go through the same training and evaluation period as the previous groups? Or was their MOL training considered equivalent once they were up to speed on Apollo hardware?

I know the concept of ASCANs wasn't around in the 60's but seem to recall that Deke Slayton considered the period between selection and flight eligibility to be approximately a year.