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During STS-27, when Capt. Robert Hoot Gibson (TOPGUN F-14 pilot, test pilot, and later chief astronaut) rightfully got pretty annoyed with mission control.[0]
by neurotech1 8y ago
During STS-27, when Capt. Robert Hoot Gibson (TOPGUN F-14 pilot, test pilot, and later chief astronaut) rightfully got pretty annoyed with mission control.[0]
I'm not sure it could be justifiably argued that Capt. Gibson didn't have "The right stuff".
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-27#Tile_damage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-27#Tile_damage
- Nokinside 8y agoGibson was infuriated for a right reasons and the Mission Control was wrong. That's a good mission commander. Puts his crew's safety first. They should have allowed using uneencrypted transmission to send tile image for inspection. STS-27 came really close to disintegrating while landing. > STS-27 Atlantis was the most damaged launch-entry vehicle to return to Earth successfully.