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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:12, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
Charles J. Donlan
- ... that Charles J. Donlan (pictured) was responsible for selecting the Mercury Seven astronauts and the Mercury spacecraft they flew? Source: "Gilruth assigned Donlan the task of selecting and training the first astronauts for Project Mercury. Over 600 military service test pilots had applied for the astronaut positions. He also headed the STG team that evaluated contract proposals for Project Mercury, which was won by McDonnell Aircraft." ([1] )
Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:16, 31 December 2018 (UTC).
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Good to go DannyS712 (talk) 09:13, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
Good to go DannyS712 (talk) 09:13, 31 December 2018 (UTC)