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... welcomed in, but the test pilots who until then had the monopoly sort of said, “Well, whatever. Whatever the government wants,” and were rather gracious to the scientists . Then when we ... important work to do elsewhere, you will make no enemies by resigning.” I thought, “Oh, well.” That was my kind of introduction to the government, which is the government really doesn ... experiments. '''Ross-Nazzal:''' Can you share with us the details of implementing an experiment? '''Allen:''' Well, for an example, there was the first mission that actually took a deep drill core ...

... perhaps the reason was that they brought back some lunar bug? '''Barnes:''' Some bug, yes. Well, I guess, in conversations that local representative embassy representatives would talk to embassy representatives ahead ... 't any occasions where you received protests because you were representing the United States, as well, for whatever political reasons were going on. Obviously, the Vietnam War was still going on ...

... /dinner when we transferred Spacelab operations. The simultaneous transfer of responsibility, both on-orbit as well as on the ground, went smoothly as we exchanged information and updated our flight data ... . Astronauts were needed in management positions throughout the agency to help insure that operational as well as engineering considerations were included in management decisions. The nation was disappointed with NASA, and ...

... their involvement was other than more planning for the—you mentioned King and yourself— '''Bogard:''' Well, Simmons was brought in later. There were several people that came. Everett Gibson is back ... things happen? It may be subtle. Maybe it takes a long period of time. '''Chaffee:''' Well, gentlemen, thank you. Thank you very much. '''McCollum:''' Oh, got another question here. '''Unidentified:''' Basically ...

... their involvement was other than more planning for the—you mentioned King and yourself— '''Bogard:''' Well, Simmons was brought in later. There were several people that came. Everett Gibson is back ... things happen? It may be subtle. Maybe it takes a long period of time. '''Chaffee:''' Well, gentlemen, thank you. Thank you very much. '''McCollum:''' Oh, got another question here. '''Unidentified:''' Basically ...

... from you, about exactly how the orangutan match turned out and how it transpired. '''Brinkley:''' Well, we encountered a freak snowstorm in Quantico, Virginia, of such magnitude that they actually closed ... leadership role in the lessons learned in tactical exchange with the Israeli Air Force, as well as training with other foreign nationals, which included participation by those foreign nationals in the ...

... selection process and advance from those tests into the next round. '''Carpenter:''' Well, we measured the guys very well and in lots of different areas, and all had some small -all made ... ? I understand you worked with some LEM Lunar Excursion Module development at that time. '''Carpenter:''' Well, yes, and I worked with the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation folks on LEM design. '''Kelly ...

... do you mean?” “You and Sally just had a normal conversation.” “Yeah. We were working.” “Well, you should have said something special for this momentous occasion.” “What momentous—?” “First female-to ... assigned us to a flight together because of that skit. Laughter '''Wright:''' Well, that’s a new reason. '''Cleave:''' Well, we were just teasing. '''Wright:''' No, I know. '''Cleave:''' The thing that ... the CapCom experience? Being part of that, did that help you as well, and in what way? '''Cleave:''' Yes. Well, you live the mission with the people up there, so you know ...

... right off the bat. They weren't exactly bashful. They were all strong personalities as well. It was fascinating because you had 35 people from diverse backgrounds, and nobody was senior ... -Five New Guys. Anyone in particular come up with that phrase? Or the patch? '''Coats:''' Well, in the military the term for a new nugget pilot coming into a squadron, both ... Coffman, who eventually became my boss at Lockheed. As we walked away my wife said, “Well, you certainly have impressed the NASA Administrator.” That was my job, to figure out what ...

... different facilities. '''Coplin:''' We did. '''Wright:''' Did you have to correspond with those offices as well? '''Coplin:''' Yes, and mainly telephone. We did teletype back then also . But most of it ... recorded. Each astronaut had their musical preference. There were country music fans and classical. '''Wright:''' Well, the story goes that you had asked, or someone had told Gene Cernan that you ...

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