Fear from time to time and back in those days i think i was too stupid to be afraid. There is an attitudinal thing. I am not a psychologist, i read about a lot of that stuff. I think there is a difference in mentality about how people feel about these things. Recognizing it, being aware of it intellectually, is an important step. I think a lot of people are afraid of things because they do not have the faintest idea what is going to go on. So they are afraid of it. And those that learn about things, they may be afraid of it because of what they know. And then there is some kind of a mental quirk that a lot of my friends and people out there today are aware of. Brian, i know that he was aware of the things that could go wrong. And you have to have the kind of selfconfidence that enables you to handle that. That selfconfidence comes from the way you have lived. You faced a lot of lesser things along the way. And you have been able to overcome them. I am afraid we have a society that has
Died, i get an email from paul. He says just one sentence. I read the book. It is really good. I sent an email back. Paul, i gave you that book in 1977. And you are just reading it . He said, i went to the index and checked what you said about me. [laughter] very typical. He had one more sentence. He said, you know you are number 14, dont you . You are like, what does that mean . That is right. In our group, we were the third group of astronauts. They had 7, 9, and 14. Im only one of the group of 30 that knew where he stood on the selection process. No one ever made it public or anything at all like that. So i got on the phone and called and asked them. He told me. The day that they were announcing this they had a press conference. A week before that, deke slayton, who was in charge of the astronauts, arranged a meeting with the head of the space center. So paul haney was going to be there. Paul was on the phone when he started this meeting. So he did not get there when they started. W
October 14, 1963. They were announcing us at a press conference. And a week before that, dick arranged a meeting with the head of Johnson Space center and all the directors and different people. So paul was going to be there. Paul was on the phone when he started this meaning, and so he didnt get there when they started it. When he finally got off the call he was telling me he went down there and he went in. He had just finished naming and giving a little brief background of all the people that were selected. The head of engineering i have a name problem, too anyhow, he was the guy who designed the spacecraft. He was the best technical guy we had their. As paul walked in, he raised his hand and said, hey, you cant do that. He says, why . He says, that is 13. Meaning they chose 13 astronauts . Yes. I couldnt believe that the technical guy was being superstitious about 13. And he says, well, whoever is number 13 i really want this guy. So if i have to take another one, then he laid my br
Everything is in one hanger. They do not have to worry about nine centers open around the country so they can keep the congressman putting the money out to do it. It is a real change. That is it for now. I want to thank you guys. Lets have a hand for walt cunningham. [applause] Gregory Olsen flew to the International Space station in 2005. In october, the entrepreneur and physics professor spoke to the Explorers Club about his training in russia, his trip to outerspace, and what it was like aboard the International Space station, including eating, drinking, sleeping, and dealing with an oxygen leak. This is about 25 minutes. Ok. So for our next presenter today it is going to be a straight up talk. I want to introduce greg olsen to you. He was the third paying person to fly to the International Space station. Greg went up in a rocket in 2005 or 2006. 2005. He reportedly paid 20 million or more or less, more than my Virgin Galactic flight. But he did some real experiments. He started som
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