On 10/9/2013 4:33 AM, David Weinshenker wrote:
Ben Brockert wrote:On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:10 AM, Ben Brockert <wikkit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:three from Gemini that got into ApolloThere I meant to say the three from the Mercury 7 that got into Apollo.I think the Mercury project did have a height limit so that they could fit into the capsule; this had been relaxed as of Apollo IIRC.
It probably been relaxed by the second astronaut group (sometimes known as the Gemini group). I recall the limit being 5'11" for the Mercury 7, and Thomas Stafford was 6'0" and selected in the second group. I remember hearing that when he flew (twice) on Gemini, the hatch above his head had to be modified (the term I recall was "scalloped", I'm guessing by having some padding removed) to accommadate his helmeted head.
