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NASA Astronaut Group 2 Press Conference (1962)
KPRC-TV
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1962
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B/W
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English
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    How Neil Armstrong feels about national exposure
    Dr. Robert Gilruth, director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, on whether astronaut Deke Slayton will pilot future flights. One of the Mercury Seven, Slayton was grounded in 1962 due to atrial fibrillation. He was medically cleared to fly ten years later, participating in the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. 
    CBS News correspondent Dan Rather asks whether the men signed personal service contracts in connection to their new NASA assignment
    On the training of civilian members