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[edit] Oral Sex
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[edit] Gus Grissom
David,
Thought this might be what you were looking for in your comments about Gus Grissom.
"In January 1963, shortly after the second group of astronauts was selected, the pilots were given specialty assignments in the MSC programs. Grissom, one of the smaller astronauts, was assigned to the Gemini spacecraft. Because of this and his Mercury experience, he was very close to the McDonnell engineers and technicians - so close, in fact that the cockpits of the first three spacecraft were designed around him, giving him the best view of the instrument panel and out the window. The spacecraft was familiarly dubbed the "GUSMOBILE." Although Young was only two inches taller, his seat had to be compressed so he could fit into it. Stafford had to have adjustments made on both the seat and hatch to accommodate his six-foot frame. By July 1963, the program office had discovered that 14 of the 16 astronauts could not be fitted into the cabin as designed, and all later cockpits had to be modified." (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4203/ch10-2.htm)
The HBO series "From Earth to the Moon" has a scene with Grissom and Deke Slayton in which Slayton infers that Grissom will be the first astronaut to walk on the moon. I would LOVE to find out if that is just fiction. It does make sense; one of the orginal 7, and flew on Mercury, Gemini and Apollo.
petegrk - peter freytag - Colorado —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Petegrk (talk • contribs) 21:45, January 4, 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks, Peter, I appreciate you following up on that. I have seen that quote, and recall the conjecture that he might be first to walk the moon. What I'm trying to nail down, though, is the attribution to him of development of the "joystick" thruster control. I can't find an online version of the Smithsonian article. David Spalding (☎ ✉ ✍)
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