If I remember the passage correctly (It has been over a decade), he used it as an example of how important it was to have actual skilled, trained pilots in the

If I remember the passage correctly (It has been over a decade), he used it as an example of how important it was to have actual skilled, trained pilots in the space program (basically taking pilots mattered). It was in the chapters about the X-15, I think. I would assume command of the first Moon landing would be taken as an endorsement of his solution and probably acknowledgement that on such a difficult mission he might need to solve a similar problem. Of course, I have read interviews where he called Armstrong a better engineer than pilot, but I get the feeling that Air Force does not complement Navy unless making a point about the professions as a whole.