La Douchebag quiffed:

Had it not been for Johnny, Jim Lovell WOULD have been
the Mercury "Seventh.")

....This is complete and utter bull****. The reasons Lovell was passed
over by the Lovelace "doctors" during the testing & evaluation program
was not politics or any other sinister reason you may have concocted
in your sick, perverted mind. During testing, Lovell was found to have
a higher than acceptable level of billirubin that was due to a very
minor liver condition. While current medicine knows this condition has
virtually no effect upon bodily functions save a slighly higher
propensity for upset stomach after eating extremely spicy food -
particularly Pe-Te's - at the time the Lovelace quacks had established
certain endocrinial levels and Lovell exceeded them to the point that
he was certified unfit on that ground and that ground alone. In fact,
it's generally accepted, based on what reports have been released
regarding the Lovelace Clinic tests, that had the original call for 12
Astronauts instead of 7, there would have been less pressure to adhere
to the bilirubin max allowed level, and Jim Lovell would have been one
of the Original 12.

....Now, to be fair, had you said Pete Conrad, then you would have been
a bit more accurate. As we now know, the primary reason Conrad was not
one of the Original 7 was that he, more than any other candidate who
met the qualifications at an equal or greater level than those chosen,
also was the one who rebelled against some of the insane tests and
other tortures the Lovelace program inflicted on the candidates. His
being passed over was 100% politically motivated, and was just as
logical, rational, and just a decision as it was for you to go on your
current vendetta and ruin this group in the name of scott grissom.

You wouldn't happen to be related to Randy Lovelace, would you?


OM

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