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Deke Slayton was the only Skylab astronaut to die of a brain tumor.

Deke Slayton and the other administrators, wisely, knew that he would be a better First Man than someone like Aldrin, who can be described in the most charitable of terms as a fame whore.

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> > Slayton was adamant that filtering the exhaust from the command module as it bobbed on the surface would raise the level of carbon dioxide to dangerous levels and make the interior too hot for the crew to tolerate in less than ten to twelve minutes.

Brand briefly lost consciousness, while Stafford retrieved emergency oxygen masks, put one on Brand, and gave one to Slayton.

[3] According to Deke Slayton the "chief astronaut" who made flight selections, Grissom was on track to be a moonwalker.

He was Deke Slayton, a Mercury and Apollo astronaut[2].

Slayton refused to force his astronauts to take the risk of being hoisted aboard ship but did agree to an earlier proposal that they put on biological isolation garments (BIGs) before they exited the spacecraft.

What about the Mercury Seven: Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton?

I am sure that it wasn't up to the snuff based on what we know now and that some groups (read, Deke Slayton) in the Government didn't take it seriously, but there are a few things that are (arguably) portrayed incorrectly.

[3] According to Deke Slayton the "chief astronaut" who made flight selections, Grissom was on track to be a moonwalker.

Brand briefly lost consciousness, while Stafford retrieved emergency oxygen masks, put one on Brand, and gave one to Slayton.

He was Deke Slayton, a Mercury and Apollo astronaut[2].

Slayton refused to force his astronauts to take the risk of being hoisted aboard ship but did agree to an earlier proposal that they put on biological isolation garments (BIGs) before they exited the spacecraft.