Word: borman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that you can speak frankly without grounding your career. So when Vanity Fair hunted down some ex-astronauts to ask what they thought of John Glenn's jaunt into the great blue yonder, they were none too starry-eyed. "John Glenn a payload specialist? That's bulls____," said FRANK BORMAN, second from left. "NASA could get better data monitoring him for 10 days in bed." WALLY SCHIRRA, far left, was similarly wry. "I can think of several more Senators we should boost into space." Even JIM LOVELL, second from right, next to TOM STAFFORD, said the Glenn flight...
James Nichols was ordered freed without bail after a hearing today in Detroit. Federal prosecutors had argued for the first time thatNichols, brother of bombing suspect Terry Nichols, wasconnected to the Oklahoma City bombing. However, U.S. District Judge Paul Borman ordered Nichols released after determining that thegovernment had not presented sufficient evidenceto justify holding him. A little more than a month after the bombing, the remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building will be demolished tomorrow in Oklahoma City. Demolition crews say it should only take a few minutes for the little more than 100 pounds of explosives they...
...around Oct. 12, 1992, the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America. Among the spacecraft designers are former NASA and aerospace experts. And included on the committee that will choose the winning designs are Lieut. General James Abrahamson, former head of the Star Wars program, and former astronauts Frank Borman and John Glenn...