Selecting the Mercury seven: the search for America's first astronauts
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
FOREWORD
......................................................
IX
AUTHOR S
PREFACE
................................................
XIII
ABOUT
THE
AUTHOR
................................................
XV
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
..............................................
XVII
ILLUSTRATIONS
...................................................
XXI
SAILING
IN
AND OUT
OF WAR
.......................................
I
AN
ENSIGN PUTS
TO
SEA
.........................................
2
TORPEDOES
AND
DIVE-BOMBERS
...................................
6
STOPOVER
IN
IWO
JIMA
.........................................
9
FLYING
FOR
THE
CIA
...........................................
12
PATUXENT
RIVER
..............................................
16
SECRET
SUMMONS
TO
WASHINGTON
.................................
20
REFERENCES
.................................................
23
2
THE
CALL GOES
OUT
.............................................
25
NACA
BECOMES
NASA
.......................................
25
FORMING
THE
SPACE TASK
GROUP
.................................
27
PROJECT
MERCURY
IS BORN
.......................................
29
EISENHOWER
ENDORSES
TEST
PILOTS
..................................
32
ASTRONAUT
SELECTION
A
PRIORITY
...................................
34
MOVING
BEYOND
PHASE
ONE
.....................................
36
REFERENCES
.................................................
41
3
NARROWING
THE
FIELD
...........................................
43
A
MEETING
WITH
DESTINY
........................................
44
CANDIDATES
REVEALED
..........................................
44
PENTAGON
BRIEFINGS
...........................................
46
AN
OVERVIEW OF
PROJECT
MERCURY
.................................
49
DECLINING
THE
INVITATION
TO
SPACE
.................................
51
PHASE
TWO
BEGINS
............................................
52
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
HLUENCHE A
VI
CONTENTS
RATING
THE
CANDIDATES
.........................................
55
CUTTING
THE
NUMBERS
..........................................
56
REFERENCES
.................................................
59
4 THE
FINALISTS
................................................
61
ROBERT
B.
BALDWIN
...........................................
61
ROBERT
G.
BELL
..............................................
67
THOMAS R. BOGAN
............................................
72
HAROLD W.
CHRISTIAN, JR
........................................
77
RICHARD
M. CORBETT
..........................................
85
HAL
R.
CRANDALL
.............................................
92
HALVOR M. EKEREN, JR
..........................................
98
FRANK D. FRAZIER
...........................................
104
THOMAS B. HAYWARD
.........................................
110
LAWRENCE HEYWORTH,
JR
.......................................
117
ARCHIE
T. IDDINGS,
JR
.........................................
123
ROBERT H. JACOBSON
.........................................
130
REFERENCES
................................................
135
5 TENNESSEE
PATRIOT,
PILOT AND POET
................................
139
WILLIAM P.
LAWRENCE
.........................................
139
JACK B. MAYO
..............................................
148
PAUL
MILLER,
JR
..............................................
154
JOHN R.
C. MITCHELL
.........................................
161
JOHN RALSTON, JR
............................................
168
ROBERT E. SOLLIDAY
..........................................
174
JOHN M.
TIERNEY
............................................
181
ALONZO J. WALTER, JR
..........................................
189
JAMES
W.
WOOD
............................................
194
REFERENCES
................................................
202
6 LOVELACE
CLINIC, NEW MEXICO
...................................
205
PHASE THREE
BEGINS
.......................
.................
205
DOCTORS
AND
PILOTS
..........................................
208
MORE
THAN
A
MEDICAL
.........................................
213
LOOKING
BACK
..............................................
215
TESTS
CONTINUE
..............................................
216
PLAYING
THE
GAME
...........................................
220
HANDING
OVER
..............................................
221
REFERENCES
................................................
224
7 WRIGHT-PATTERSON:
THE
FINAL HURDLE
...............................
227
WRIGHT AIR DEVELOPMENT
CENTER
................................
227
PREPARING
TO
MEET
THE
CANDIDATES
...............................
228
PHASE FOUR
BEGINS
..........................................
230
CONTENTS
VII
DOWN
BY
ONE
...................................
...........
234
........................
A
MIXED ROUTINE
...............
.....
238
IDIOT
BOXES
AND
STEP
TESTS
.....................................
243
PSYCHOLOGICAL
EVALUATION
......................................
256
LOOKING
BACK
..............................................
260
MISSING
OUT
........................................
265
269
REFERENCES
................................................
8
ANNOUNCING
THE
MERCURY
ASTRONAUTS
..............................
273
THE
UNFORGIVING
SKY
.......................................
.
A
CROWDED PRESS
CONFERENCE
...................................
274
THE
MERCURY SEVEN
.....................................
277
QUESTION
TIME
..............................................
278
...
281
REFERENCES
...........................................
9
BACK
IN
CONTENTION
.......................
......
283
283
SELECTING
THE
SECOND
GROUP
..............................
..
MISSING
THE
FINAL
CUT
.........................................
284
284
CHARLES
CONRAD,
JR
..........................................
.
JAMES
A. LOVELL,
JR
..........................................
290
296
EDWARD
G.
GIVENS,
JR
........................................
301
..........
........................
REFERENCES
Y
10
THE
MERCURY
SEVEN
..........................................
303
WE
MUST
HAVE
DONE
SOMETHING
RIGHT
...........................
303
ALAN
B. SHEPARD,
JR
..........................................
303
.............................
VIRGIL
I. GRISSOM.......
...
310
JOHN
H. GLENN,
JR
...........................................
316
M.
SCOTT
CARPENTER
..........................................
323
329
WALTER
M. SCHIRRA,
JR
........................................
.
L.
GORDON
COOPER,
JR
........................................
336
DONALD
K. SLAYTON
......................................
343
....
350
THE
CREAM OF
THE
CROP
.............................
351
..........
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
.................................................
353
A.
FINAL
32
MERCURY
ASTRONAUT
CANDIDATES
(LIST)
.......................
353
B.
SPACE
FLIGHTS
BY
GROUP
I
ASTRONAUTS
.............................
355
C.
SPACE
FLIGHTS
BY
OTHER
GROUP
I
FINALISTS
..........................
356
BIBLIOGRAPHY
.
357
...............................................
..
359
INDEX
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