The first American into space is not going to be a chimpanzee. I want test pilots!
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Dwight D. Eisenhower:
The first American into space is not going to be a chimpanzee. I want test pilots!
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The first American in space
is not going to be a chimpanzee.
Who would you put into space,
Mr. President?
We have film of some people
we think are strong candidates.
We'd like to run it
and stimulate some thinking.
- May we?
- Okay.
These are people we felt would
be excellent in the splashdown.
Clip duration: 23 seconds
Views: 270
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 12 December, 2020
Genres: adventure, biography, drama
Summary: The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers prefe
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00:53 Make another note here
00:25 I'll tell you something
00:11 You damn right it is
00:21 You boys know what makes this bird go up
00:18 Who was the best pilot I ever saw
00:13 Not very funny
00:27 Squirming Hatchblower
00:20 Anybody that goes up in the damn thing is gonna be Spam in a...
01:47 And as I was sayin'
00:15 Sounds dangerous
00:39 Congratulations
00:29 Star Voyager Gus Grissom
00:29 Which one are you
00:33 We're not saying anything new here
00:17 Isn't there anybody who can deal with a housewife
00:20 I'm not one of those hot dog pilots
00:39 The best results seem to be obtained through fantasization
00:31 You don't want our best pilots
00:38 Tell me something else
01:09 Places like that