Circular cloth crew mission emblem carried on the flight by the Gemini 12 crew, 3½ inches in diameter. Mounted on a Typed Letter Signed by Gordon Cooper. Back-up Gemini 12 Commander Gordon Cooper describes flight crew selection "politics." His letter refers to the emblem and Aldrin's spacewalks: "Gemini XII was a mighty fine ending to a flight program that made ten successful manned space flights. I then moved over to the lunar landing effort and was assigned as back-up commander for the Apollo 10 mission. That flight demonstrated all the steps needed for the first lunar landing by Apollo 11 except for the final 50,000 feet to the surface. I then expected to have a mission assigned to me for a lunar landing flight but management 'politics' and a 'tight' alliance between some of the Original Seven guys never allowed that assignment to occur."
Circular cloth crew mission emblem carried on the flight by the Gemini 12 crew, 3½ inches in diameter. Mounted on a Typed Letter Signed by Gordon Cooper. Back-up Gemini 12 Commander Gordon Cooper describes flight crew selection "politics." His letter refers to the emblem and Aldrin's spacewalks: "Gemini XII was a mighty fine ending to a flight program that made ten successful manned space flights. I then moved over to the lunar landing effort and was assigned as back-up commander for the Apollo 10 mission. That flight demonstrated all the steps needed for the first lunar landing by Apollo 11 except for the final 50,000 feet to the surface. I then expected to have a mission assigned to me for a lunar landing flight but management 'politics' and a 'tight' alliance between some of the Original Seven guys never allowed that assignment to occur."
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