/sci/ - Science & Math

>be Cernan
>Partially complete Gemini 9a spacewalk with a lot of trouble, have to come back to the ship exhausted
>Fly on Apollo 8
>Be freaked out by pogo
>LM out of control at lunar staging because Stafford presses a switch that he had already switched
>a few seconds from the rendezvous burn
>swear live on radio that was being broadcasted
>Be offered Apollo 16 with his mate
>Reject it and demand a commander seat, despite Deke's warning that he might not fly again
>Still gets to fly in Apollo 17 as commander
How did he get away with so much?