spacemen

[low_delta]

Dennis was just over here at my desk. He saw the Mercury Seven on my Smithsonian Air and Space calendar. He named all seven of the astronauts. I expressed surprise, and he said that he grew up with them. He said that Grisson made seven orbits and died in the Apollo I fire. He said that Shepard was the first one in space but didn't fly again until Apollo. Carpenter made a mistake and landed two hundred miles off taget and was fired. He remembered which one was the first man to sleep in space. Dennis scares me sometimes.

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[vlinker.livejournal.com]

just why would that scare you?.....

did he remember shepard's prayer?

did he speak about grissom's family's battle with nasa?........7 orbits?......you might wanna check the facts on that.....in Liberty Bell, the Mercury capsule, he just went up and down......in Gemini, he orbited.....amd of course, he died in the Apollo fire....(also, gus was a distingushed boy scout as a young man)

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Dennis remembers everything. (As long as it happened before 1997.)

He didn't mention those other things, but I'm sure he knows all about them. Maybe I misrememmbered some of the things Dennis told me.

I know a guy named Grissom, who is related to the late astronaut, somehow. (And who was also a distinguished boy scout.)

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[vlinker.livejournal.com]

i think the gemini orbit was only 3 times.....but i am fallible

[banana.livejournal.com]

Ponti!