Manned Orbiting Laboratory - Wikipedia

The initial CO of my unit when I'd been in, whom I'd seen once in a hallway with a zillion aides, and who was described to me as a "fast burner", having been promoted to brig genl in his late 30s, I "think", or very early 40s, at latest, was to have been one of the actual astronauts assigned to this, I'd heard, read, or been told, as I recall, he'd actually been one of the selectees...I never actually spoke with him, I'd only seen him, very briefly, for a few seconds, that one time, very early on, that was all....