On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 21:27:33 GMT, Dave Michelson
wrote:

Derek Lyons wrote:

The Pentagon 'decided' to obey the President, who ordered that the initial
group of astronauts come from the services. (The DoDs interest in space
comes somewhat later.)

Sorry, the bracketed remark is incorrect. Both the USAF's X-15 and MISS (Main
in Space Soonest) projects pre-date both the formation of NASA and the
selection of the Original 7.

....Which is what I was going to post, but since Derek's being a twit
and has killfiled me simply because I was exercising my Constitutional
right to trash trolls under the 2nd Amendment, 33rd clause, I passed
on correcting his misconception. In addition, I argue that you should
also include Project Manhigh, even though orbit was nowhere near a
stated goal.

OM

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