If you want to go into space first time on a new vehicle that's never been flown, you want to go with a pro.
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I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67. That program got cancelled in '69 and NASA ended up taking half of us.Robert Crippen
My heart rate went up to 130-plus. Not John. He was nice, calm and collected.
Robert Crippen
We were flying on a winged vehicle that would do reentry different than we had ever done before. So all of those were firsts. Test pilots truly love firsts.
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Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.
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Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty.
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You're going very fast when you're on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half.
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