By Nancy Conrad,Howard A. Klausner,Buzz Aldrin
BUT the 1st to bop ON IT.
HE was once THE ROCKETMAN.
For Pete Conrad, it was once all in regards to the journey. even if he used to be hot-dogging at Mach 2, test-flying each supersonic jet the military constructed (and a few they shouldn’t have), orbiting the Earth at nearly 20,000 mph, or redlining his Corvette, he enjoyed pushing the envelope.
Pete wasn’t the squeaky-clean astronaut poster boy. the fellow each NASA pilot desired to happy-hour with after work—and may kill to fly with—Pete had a common outspokenness that obtained him washed out of the Mercury software. however the “Comeback child” got here roaring back—flying Gemini missions, strolling at the Moon as commander of Apollo 12, commanding the 1st Skylab, and logging extra time in house than all of the unique astronauts combined.
this can be a strangely candid insider’s view of the best trip in background: America’s excellent race to the celebs, as obvious throughout the eyes of a real space cowboy.
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