Posted
5:18 PM
by Gene

We haven't spoken of
Wally Schirra because there really isn't much to say. Astronauts are brave and dedicated folk, and the first ones especially had more than a tad of "Hi mom!" in them, which accounts for all the covers in
Life, and for the failure of the Shuttle. But it took exceptional men to beat the Russians to the moon, and Wally Schirra was one of them.