Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in ... - The Black Vault

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Manned Satellite Project spacecraft, 8, 64–65
Mercury spacecraft: cost of, 26–27, 27n85; design of, 89; development of, 24,
26–28; oversight of building of, 27, 147–48; oxygen atmosphere, 28, 28n89,
183; reliability analysis, 181; spacecraft training for Mercury Seven, 165–66
reliability analysis, 186
work schedule, 482
McDonnell Procedure Trainer, 167, 169
McElroy, Neil H,, 137
McGuire, T. F., 152
McKay, David S., 764
McNamara, Robert, 283, 285, 394–95, 478–79, 490–93
Meinschein, Warren G., 763
Meissner, Rolf, 762
Mercury, Project
animal payloads, 26n83, 33, 138–45, 188–89, 190, 241
astronauts (Mercury Seven): activities guidelines for, 228–30, 236–38;
character of, 35–36; civilians as astronauts, 175–77; duties of, 129; ethical
issues, 20–21, 236–38; evaluation of, 15, 15n54, 151–58; family lives of,
19–20; honoring following missions, 43; invitation to apply for position, 14,
127–33; life support for, 251; media access to, 161, 238; medical concerns
about, 187–98; national symbols status of, 21–22; pilot role of, 23–26,
33–34, 247–48, 249, 252; press conference to introduce, 16–19; pressure
suits, 164, 251; propaganda use of, 22, 31, 34, 149–51, 205–7, 212–14; public
appearances by, 34, 43, 228–30; public image of, 19–22, 34; qualification
of, 14, 130–31, 175–77; radio transmissions of, 212–14; role in capsule
development, 160; salary of, 128, 133; selection of, 13–16, 14n47, 127, 135–
37, 163, 173–75; spacecraft design role of, 24–26; specialty area assignments,
22, 25–26, 160, 166; training of, 22, 36, 133–35, 158–72, 180, 244; visits with
Russian cosmonauts, 149–51
Big Joe flight, 241
celebrations following missions, 43, 288–89
committee reviews of, 177–92, 389
components of, 178–79
conclusion of, 36, 239
cost of, 36, 244, 456, 595
description of, 128
discussion of, 443
experiments, aeromedical, 250–51
funding for, 26–27, 27n85, 145–47
Gemini compared to, 267–68
landing procedures and regions, 184, 189, 222; landing bag problem, 34, 216,
220
launch vehicles: development of, 242; fuel for, 29; funding for, 126;
procurement of, 12, 117–20, 126; reliability of, 29–30, 183, 184, 187, 189;
types of, 28–29, 241. See also Atlas rockets; Redstone ballistic missiles
lessons of, 36–37; review by Kraft, 245–52; review by Williams, 239–45
Little Joe flights, 126, 138–40, 142, 143, 144, 186, 241
management of, 12, 120–23, 242–43
media coverage of, 161, 238, 288–89
medical aspects, 187–89, 190–91