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Essay Galaxy - Project Mercury
Project Mercury
Project Mercury, the first manned U.S. space project, became an official
NASA program on October 7, 1958. The Mercury Program was given two main but
broad objectives: 1. to investigate mans ability to survive and perform in
the space environment and 2. to develop basic space technology and hardware for
manned space flight programs to come.
NASA also had to find astronauts to fly the spacecraft. In 1959 NASA
asked the U.S. military for a list of their members who met certain
qualifications. All applicants were required to have had extensive jet aircraft
flight experience and engineering training. The applicants could be no more
than five feet eleven inches tall, do to the limited amount of cabin space that
the Mercury modules provided. All who met these requirements were also required
to undergo numerous intense physical and psyc....
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