So he came back. Now, you have to realize that al shepard was the ultimate politician. Very well respected, first flight he did, so he talked nasa into giving him talked them into giving him the very next flight, which was apollo 13. After he started working 13 and i was getting my crew together for 14, i think that the nasa hierarchy had second thoughts. They said, look, al has been grounded for eight or nine years, and youre going to give him the very next flight . He only made a 15 minute suborbital flight . Lets get serious about this thing. So deke said, okay, ill slip him one. So one day when i was training for 14, deke came in and said, jim, how would you like to take 13 and well give shepard 14 . I was delighted. I said, yes. I mean, you know, i was backup on 11. And im all set to go. I mean, you know, i need the training, i need to know the experiments and things like that. But im ready. So thats how it came to pass. Can you put to bed or add to the story that one hears that y
When you were a little kid. You saw a rocket go off and said i want to do that. Is it that simple or that complex . I was interested in rockets in astronomy long before people get spell rocket. I was interested in it way back in high school. I went to try to build some rockets. I wanted to become a rocket engineer, as a matter of fact. Worked at the rocket society. I wanted to become a rocket engineer but essentially they said you have to go to mit or to caltech. I cannot afford either. So i took a secondary goal. I got an rotc appointment to wisconsin. From there i went to the Naval Academy. I got to the flight training. I became a naval air aviator. In 1958, nasa was formed and they were looking for astronauts. I was one of the original 110 people who were selected. Let me go back to the Naval Academy . That is right. This was right after world war ii. I got down to preflight. My mother, when i was at the university of wisconsin, told me to apply to the Naval Academy. 7z3 vi did it,
Courtesy of aerospace corporation. Amy is a spaceflight historian, author, public speaker and popular space personality not unlike her subject one of the only academically trained young female spaceflight historians writing for a general audience. She runs the beloved blog vintage space posted by Discover Magazine which is also a Youtube Channel with over 325,000 subscribers. She is a writer for the discovery speaker and has hosted numerous science related shows among them the unexplained files. She gives talks about spaceflight over for the u. S. And america. Please give a warm welcome to the two amy. [applause] bring this down to short level. Good morning, everyone and thank you for coming out to listen toy me talk first thing in the morning for some including myself. I will try to live e up to the everything. I want to start with food here has heard of the team. Theres a decent number of hands maybe 1515 or 20 or sometimes te first lady astronaut trainees. Sorry, there was no way to
There i got into flight training. I became a naval aviator, and low and behold in 1958 nasa was formed and they were looking for astronauts. So i was one of the original 110 people selected to go for interviews. Lets go back to your Naval Academy days, you almost didnt go, is that right . That is right. I had two years at wisconsin. I informs a Naval Aviation program after world war ii. Have been the most important project in this century. I became the first alternate that usually doesnt make it, are and i got orders for the physical to be inducted into the academy if you so desired. And then i said should i go to the academy, they said dont do that, you two years of college, you have Naval Aviation, if you go back you have to start all over again, you might not get back in aviation, but there was an old captain there and he said if you want to make the navy your career, get yourself to the academy, that is what hatppened. I term paper, my first term paper, i wrote on the development o
Vintage space, hosted by Discover Magazine which is also a Youtube Channel with over 325,000 subscribers. Shes a regular writer for discovery seeker and has hosted numerous space and science related shows. Among them nasas unexplained files. Shefi gives talks about spaceflight all over the u. S. And america. Please give a warm welcome to amy teitel. [applause] bring it down to short level. Good morning, everyone and thank you for coming out to listen to me talk first thing in the morning come for some including myself. Something weird about hearing your bio read like that. Ill try to live up to everything that was just intensely said about me. I want to start with, who here has heard of the socalled mercury 13 . Theres like like a decent numf hanscom maybe 15 or 20, or sometimes called the slack first lady astronaut training. Sorry. Theres no way to print my tux am going to read this off my phone. If you dont know, if you dont know the story of the socalled mercury 13 ill explain the c