On 21 Jul 2003 20:01:54 -0700, (John
Charles) wrote:

I've read "Deke" and all the other astronaut biographies, but I still
don't know what Bean did that was so good, to make AAP/Skylab flyable,

....And, as I said, that's one of the things that's not all that widely
documented, but if you infer from Deke's assignment, Bean apparently
was the best qualified for running AAP. If Michael Cassutt's out there
and hasn't been run off by the trolls and Maxsons, I'd love to have
his input on this.


OM

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