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Originally posted by Levsha View PostMy question?
Ok. Who was the first American astronaut to fly in outer space twice??"Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."
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Originally posted by Ironduke View PostDoesn't there have to be at least one orbit to count as spaceflight?
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Originally posted by wabpilot View PostJoe Walker twice flew an X-15 above the FAI defined limits of the upper atmosphere. (100 kilometers, well above the NASA 50 mile or 80 Km limit.) Walker's first and second flights were in 1963.
But I should think that nearly all X-15 flights that flew above 110,000 feet could be considered as 'space flights' as regards actually advancing the development of space craft technologies - you need spacecraft spec life support systems at that altitude, along with a system of attitude control thrusters. The fact of the matter is, the Americans already had vast experience in the attitude adjustment of spacecraft flying in the vacuum of space (hydrogen peroxide thrusters), a long time before the Mercury and Vostok "man in a can" programmes...Last edited by Levsha; 31 Jan 08,, 19:42.
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Originally posted by Gun Grape View PostGlen did 2. One as a Mercury Astronaut and the second on the Space Shuttle in 1998.
That "Mig Mad Marine" is one of my childhood heros:)
How could I forget....I was thinking of the early 60s but you are spot on.“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
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Navy Lt.(Adm) James H. Flatley III. flying a USMC KC-130 aboard the Forrestal
Survived and earned the DFC for the effort.
And he wasn't a trash hauler by trade. A fighter pilot and recent Test Pilot graduate.
But I believe its WabPilot's turn to ask a question.Last edited by Gun Grape; 01 Feb 08,, 05:28.
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