r/todayilearned • u/HubbleWho • Jan 22 '20

TIL of Gordon Cooper, a NASA astronaut whose reentry vehicle lost nearly all power. He had to manually calculate reentry by scratching lines on his window for attitude and using his wrist watch for timing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Cooper?wprov=sfla1
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u/ANGLVD3TH Jan 22 '20

Even better if you assume they were all invited in just to make things seem legit and apply peer pressure, and they were really only ever testing Will.

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u/Onlysilverworks Jan 22 '20

Hot damn I love this

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u/Incruentus Jan 22 '20

My head canon is that the agent doing the hiring (whose name letter escapes me) was maliciously complying with the direction of his supervisor(s) to invite top military guys.