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Encore: The Space Race | Playing Catch Up | 2
American History Tellers
The Moment You've Been Waiting For
Out of a pool of 500 plus candidates mostly air force test pilots like you You've been selected to be part of the mercury project. The man in that story was one of six candidates for project mercury who were all eliminated because they grew during the selection process. Potential candidates needed jet pilot training and a college degree and had to fall between the ages of 25 to 40 Moreover, they could not stand more than five feet tall.
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