Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:02:06 -0400
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [WSFA] Had NASA believed in merit (Jerry Cobb would have been Mercury 8)
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Excerpt:
There are some stories that have truly captured the collective imagination
of the world, and a great many of them\342\200\212\342\200\224\342\200\212understandably\342\200\212\342\200\224\342\200\212involve
humanity\342\200\231s first steps into space. The first seven American astronauts,
dubbed the Mercury 7, were: Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott
Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton.

Although they were certainly deserving, well-qualified and capable, there
was a better candidate than many of these men who was passed over for all
the wrong reasons.
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Jerry Cobb, who is a woman.

<https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/weekend-diversion-had-nasa-believed-in-merit-9207e1166ad8>

       mark