APOLLO Astronauts: Why were they all military? Why not include a geologist or two? | |
Thor's Hamster (OP) User ID: 1248699 United States 10/07/2012 10:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Military are controllable through the M.C.C. (Military Code of Conduct). Non-military are not controllable. People in the military are subject to court martial, losing your pension, demotions, etc. if they disobey orders (depending upon the severity of the order disobeyed). Apollo astronauts couldn't have passed through Van Allen's Belt. Van Allen wore suspenders. |
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Thor's Hamster (OP) User ID: 1248699 United States 10/07/2012 10:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for that info. I stand corrected. Harrison Schmitt was the ONLY Apollo astronaut to have walked on the moon who was never a member of the U.S. Armed Forces. Apollo astronauts couldn't have passed through Van Allen's Belt. Van Allen wore suspenders. |
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Thor's Hamster (OP) User ID: 1248699 United States 10/07/2012 10:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for that info. I stand corrected. Harrison Schmitt was the ONLY Apollo astronaut to have walked on the moon who was never a member of the U.S. Armed Forces. He also trained the other astronauts in geology. Ah, I see. Interesting. Makes sense. Apollo astronauts couldn't have passed through Van Allen's Belt. Van Allen wore suspenders. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 24990026 United States 10/07/2012 10:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | mostly because that first decade and a half of manned space flight was an exercise in building and flying the biggest baddest x-craft (experimental aircraft). they were for the most part highly experienced fighter pilots (lots of experience with at the time the highest g-loads man had ever experienced) who then went on to test piloting all those potentially fatal to fly new experimental aircraft. they had proven experience dealing with split second decisions under a combination of physical, psychological, and perceptual stresses few other on our planet had experienced. geologists tend not to have to save their bacon by making a quick decision while their brain is deprived of blood, their vision is shutting down, and they're spinning at 200 rpm while pulling 3 g's. those military pilots were pretty much the best qualified humans for the potential problems those in charge of the missions envisioned. by the time the space shuttle rolled around, the perception was it was more routine, a comparative walk in the park. |
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Thor's Hamster (OP) User ID: 1248699 United States 10/07/2012 10:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | mostly because that first decade and a half of manned space flight was an exercise in building and flying the biggest baddest x-craft (experimental aircraft). they were for the most part highly experienced fighter pilots (lots of experience with at the time the highest g-loads man had ever experienced) who then went on to test piloting all those potentially fatal to fly new experimental aircraft. they had proven experience dealing with split second decisions under a combination of physical, psychological, and perceptual stresses few other on our planet had experienced. geologists tend not to have to save their bacon by making a quick decision while their brain is deprived of blood, their vision is shutting down, and they're spinning at 200 rpm while pulling 3 g's. those military pilots were pretty much the best qualified humans for the potential problems those in charge of the missions envisioned. by the time the space shuttle rolled around, the perception was it was more routine, a comparative walk in the park. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24990026 Excellent answer. Makes sense. :) Apollo astronauts couldn't have passed through Van Allen's Belt. Van Allen wore suspenders. |
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nomuse (not logged in) User ID: 2380183 United States 10/07/2012 11:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well, Neil Armstrong was a civilian at the time. He left active service in 1952, and resigned his reserve commission in 1960. So when he was the first human to step on the Moon, he'd been out of the military for almost a decade. |
smartcooky User ID: 24774011 New Zealand 10/07/2012 07:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well, Neil Armstrong was a civilian at the time. He left active service in 1952, and resigned his reserve commission in 1960. So when he was the first human to step on the Moon, he'd been out of the military for almost a decade. Quoting: nomuse (not logged in) 2380183 As a US Navy pilot he flew 78 missions over Korea. He also flew as a research pilot As a research pilot on the F-100 Super Sabre, the McDonnel-Douglas F-101 Voodoo, and the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter. He resigning from the Navy in 1952 and returned to Purdue where he got a degree in Aeronautical Enginnering After that, he joined the test pilot programme at Edwards AFB. Even though he was technically a civilian, he flew a number of the test and experimental supersonic and transonic and support aircraft including the Bell X-1, Bell X-5, the X-15, F-105, F-106, B-47 and KC-135 Tanker He may not have been in the military at the time, but he had all the experience of a military flyer. Those who agree with me may not always be right, nonetheless, I admire their astuteness - Cullen Hightower |
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