Lot 347
Mercury Program, 1963, NASA "Potential Astronaut Candidate" Original Coorespondence. A group of several 1963 documents, one of which is a copy of a Warren J. North, Chief, Flight Crew Operations Division, letter in which he says, in part: "…NASA desired an approximate reading (of potential USAF and USN personnel) who could meet certain criteria". Among the listed screening criteria are "1) Must be a US citizen, born after June 30, 1929 and six feet or less in height. 2) He must have attained experimental flight test status …, 3) The candidate must be an experimental jet test pilot and preferably be presently engaged in flying hi-performance aircraft, 4) He must have earned a degree in engineering or physical sciences and 5) He must be recommended by his present organization." Listings of men, based on both old (Group 1) and "new" (potential Group 2?) criteria are included in the coorespondence by count, rather than by name. Other included documents are the USAF and USN responses to the above letter. ALSO included is a 1978 copy of a NASA "Proposed Astronaut's Standards of Conduct" (10pp) with Slayton's ink notations. A fascinating, behind-the-scenes group of documents.
Estimated Value $250 - 350.
Ex. the Donald "Deke" Slayton Family collection.
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