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Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
Did you mean to make some connection between the deaths in Vietnam & the return of Apolo 13?
Yes I did.
Are you too naive to understand that the President would use the Apollo program propaganda to manipulate the emotions of the American people? Nixon proved, with his Checkers speech, that he is a master of manipulation.
1. Space exploration will eventually allow us to establish a human civilization on another world (e.g., Mars) as a hedge against the type of catastrophe that wiped out the dinosaurs.
2. We explore space and create important new technologies to advance our economy. It is true that, for every dollar we spend on the space program, the U.S. economy receives about $8 of economic benefit. Space exploration can also serve as a stimulus for children to enter the fields of science and engineering.
Alan Shepard wanted Apollo 13. Washington said no. Washington picked the crews, not Slayton. Who was the real puppet master?
This is a make or break question for your side.
Originally posted by SayonaraJupiter
Alan Shepard wanted Apollo 13. Washington said no. Washington picked the crews, not Slayton. Who was the real puppet master?
This is a make or break question for your side.
Originally posted by DJW001
reply to post by SayonaraJupiter
Alan Shepard wanted Apollo 13. Washington said no. Washington picked the crews, not Slayton. Who was the real puppet master?
This is a make or break question for your side.
I know for a FACT it was a guy named Horace Boomwattle, from Trenton New Jersey. Prove me wrong. This is a make or break for your side.
Cite please, DJW, you know the rules. Who was the puppet master in Washington D.C. who gave the orders to Deke Slayton for the selection of the Apollo 13 & Apollo 14 crew?
Not getting your point. I don't believe anyone has managed to drum up anything that remotely constitutes a reasonable defense of my attack on NASA malingerers Charlie Duke and Ken Mattingly.
Originally posted by decisively
reply to post by Gibborium
Presentation of rubella in adult male astronauts
Do NOT I repeat DO NOT quote me on this, as it has been a while since I dabbled in this field, had any patient contact. That said, as regards the presentation of rubella in young adult males , I believe the classic exanthem is followed by hematochezia, and subsequently, acute on subacute salvoitic eclampsia .
Like I said, don't quote me on that though.edit on 15-6-2012 by decisively because: Comma
Originally posted by eriktheawfulDeke was a civilian working for NASA during this time. He didn't have the final say so. NASA did. They went with his recommendations before, but disagreed with him on Apollo 13, and they (NASA) had the final say so about it. Not Deke.
Shepard: When NASA finally said I could fly again I went to Deke…
Shepard: Deke said i don't know let's try it out so we sent it to washington …
and they said no, no way.
Shepard: ...it's a real public relations problem ….
here this guy had just gotten ungrounded and all the sudden
boom he gets premiere flight assignment
ok discussion went on for several days and finally
they said ok we'll make a deal
we'll let shepard have Apollo 14
give us another crew for Apollo 13
and that's what happened.
Deke the C I A station chief makes the astronaut "suggestion" that is "submitted" to Washington, "them (NASA)" a group of propaganda ministers reviews it, and, if it comes back stamped "OK" then Deke announces that he has made the final decision of astronaut "selection".
Fraud.
What else was in the deal?
Maybe a million dollars?
Names. Gotta have some names.
I try to be a pure historian, I have no loyalty to any ideas or any final outcomes. Since I am not dedicated to either side in the Apollo discussion I am free to take what ever position necessary to elicit the truest narratives from the widest base of consensus, in this case, ATS.
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