By Nancy Conrad
No matter if he was once hot-dogging at Mach 2, test-flying each supersonic jet the military constructed (and a few they is not going to have), orbiting the Earth at virtually 20,000 mph, or redlining his Corvette, Pete Conrad enjoyed pushing the envelope. the fellow each NASA pilot desired to happyhour with after work-and could kill to fly with-Pete had a usual outspokenness that acquired him faraway from the Mercury software. however the "Comeback child" got here roaring back-flying Gemini missions, jogging at the Moon because the commander of Apollo 12, commanding the 1st Skylab, and logging extra time in house than the entire unique astronauts mixed. this can be a unusually candid insider's view of the best experience in heritage: America's excellent race to the celebs, as obvious throughout the eyes of a true house cowboy.
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EISBN : 978-1-101-09953-7 1. Conrad, Pete, 1930-1999. 2. Astronauts—United States—Biography. I. Klausner, Howard. II. Title. 45’0092—dc22 2004030189 Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.
He went deep into his thoughts—thoughts that shouldn’t have gone so deep. Not yet. The few bucks he was making shouldn’t have mattered to a boy who started life in a three-story manor home they jokingly called the “Roadside Cottage,” but they did now. He’d watched, not fully understanding, as the last of the staff left the place—just before the family moved from the cottage to somebody’s empty three-bedroom carriage house in Saint David’s, with Peter’s uncle paying the rent. Father had moved out, with Mother’s encouragement.
This one took place more than a year after Pete died, at Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA had decided to dedicate a section of land at JSC to the memory of the astronauts who have departed this life, whether from old age, accident, or illness or in the line of duty. For each astronaut, a tree is planted, and there is of course a ceremony when a new one is added to the grove. As you can imagine, the ceremonies are fairly reflective, sometimes somber affairs. When we dedicated Pete’s tree, his beloved friend and Apollo 12 crew-mate Al Bean decided that Pete should be the one determining the tone of the day.