"OM" wrote...

1) The deaths of Eliot See & Charlie Bassett, which bumped Neil up
from backup to prime crew for G8, and shuffled around the rest of the
Gemini rotation, and put Buzz into a prime crew spot.

Uh, no. The deaths of See and Bassett bumped Stafford and Cernan from G9
backup to G9 prime. It had no effect on G8 assignments. On the other hand,
Lovell and Aldrin moved from G10 backup to G9 backup placing them in line
for G12 prime.

Jim Davis