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Ahem. They didn't pilot the capsule. They were passengers.
by daveguy 10y ago
Ahem. They didn't pilot the capsule. They were passengers.
- creshal 10y agoThank you for your opinion, Chuck.
- creshal 10y agoSince people don't seem to get the reference: "Mercury astronauts are passengers, not pilots" was a prejudice against the budding manned space program, spread by among others Chuck Yeager. It seemed to hurt their ego that even a monkey could do it (…after months of training, which included electroshock therapy).
- astrodust 10y agoI don't know. I saw a pretty compelling documentary about the space capabilities of monkeys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Chimps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Chimps