In article 9F3zc.749160$oR5.235666@pd7tw3no,
Dave Michelson wrote:
It's interesting to note that it seems that Armstrong was simply destined to
get into space one way or another. (MISS candidate, X-15 pilot, X-20
candidate, NASA Group II.)

Indeed, he might well have been in the first astronaut group if he hadn't
been a civilian. (The first group had to be active-duty military.)
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