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No Business Like Showbiz / Chap. 13 p. 110
THE ASTRO-NOTS
Serial
Actors
Gemini 5 Gordon Cooper Pete Conrad
Gemini 6A Walter Schirra Tom Stafford
Apollo 8 Frank Borman Jim Lovell Bill Anders
Apollo 10 Tom Stafford John Young Gene Cernan
Apollo 11 Neil Armstrong Mike Collins Buzz Aldrin
Apollo 12 Pete Conrad Dick Gordon Al Bean
Apollo 13 Jim Lovell Jack Swigart Fred Haise
Apollo 14 Al Shepard Stu Roosa Ed Mitchell
Apollo 15 Dave Scott Al Worden Jim Irwin
Apollo 16 John Young Charlie Duke Ken Mattingly
Apollo 17 Gene Cernan Ron Evans Jack Schmitt
On every Apollo mission there was miracle after miracle! All miracles were adroitly
handled by the men on this list who supplied the "Right Stuff to NASA. The cost to us
American taxpayers was a mere 40 billion dollars. Gordon Cooper made the list because
Gemini 5 got colder after the air-conditioner was powered down. Even Al Shepard, whose
crown was safe as the first American in space, couldn't resist the siren call of more fame and
glory. He just had to play golf on the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission.
We may never be able to prove which of the Gemini shots were real, but I have given
the astronauts as much leeway as possible. Since the creation of the CIA, whenever pressure
for the truth has been placed on a branch of our so-called democratic government, the powers
that be place the records under lock and key for fifty or more years.
During the long years that those records are stored, roof leaks occur, windows blow out,
fires start, and book-worms can run amuck digesting or shredding critical information. Electronic
viruses get loose. Or history gets rewritten, as documents are altered to suit a more
preferred circumstance. I have no reason to expect any different treatment for the space
program's archives. Wholesale fraud was committed, and nothing in the future will change,
just as nothing happened after the Kennedy assassination, Irangate, the S & L scandals or the
BCCI frauds. More recently we have Ruby Ridge, the Waco massacre, the OKC implosion
and the WTC implosions. All of which were done with govrnment help.
As far back as 1969 various authors on space have come to the realization that NASA
was really in showbiz. For example: "The final accolade, proof that they would be showbiz
legends as well as nerveless technicians, was an exclusive contract for Life magazine for
their "personal stories."" 2
By the time Michael Collins entered NASA in April 1962 (as part of the second batch
of astronauts) NASA had already instituted a policy wherein each candidate had to attend, in
essence, a charm school before acceptance. Collins explains, "At any rate, like would-be
radio announcers, we read selected passages aloud, and these were critiqued at great length
..." 3 I may be just a bit cynical, but doesn't it sound more like preparation for a space opera
than real exploration or adventure
From the Mercury Program right through the Apollo hustle, we were led to believe that
NASA MOONED AMERICA! / Rene