[FPSPACE] 1965 scientist-astronaut recruitment brochure

[LARRY KLAES]

Hi Jim - You may already know about these, but just in case:

http://www.amazon.com/NASAs-Scientist-Astronauts-Springer-Praxis-Exploration/dp/0387218971

http://www.rice.edu/fondren/woodson/mss/ms043.html

Larry


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>Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:01:45 -0600
>From: "Jim Oberg" <joberg at houston.rr.com>
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>I'm looking for the wording on NASA's recruitment brochure
>on the 1965 (first-ever) scientist-astronaut cadre, specifically
>the language of seeking 'perspicacity' and its definition as a trait
>that leads one to keep one's eyes open and notice unusual
>phenomena -- or something like that. Can anyone help?
>And I'm seeking examples where space travelers later exhibited
>exactly this trait -- spotting something weird that wasn't part of
>pre-flight programs, that turned out to have scientific value --
>such as Buzz Aldrin's 'light flashes' on the way to the Moon,
>or Georgiy Grechko's unauthorized sleep-period sketches of
>noctilucent clouds... It's for an article.
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>Thanks!
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>Jim O
>www.jamesoberg.com
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