the 1966 "nine yards" audience listed (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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>  "Shepard, Alan B., Jr.,
> Capt." is listed as "USN," even though he was the first U.S.
> astronaut to go up (in 1961).

That he is listed as USN isn't particularly unusual.  Many astronauts
have been active-duty military personnel, who are detailed from their
service to NASA.  They retain their rank and military status, and in
my limited experience, continue to think of themselves primarily as
Navy/AF/Army/Marines etc., and secondarily as NASA/astronauts.




>  Of course the 1964 NASA slang
> citation does not prove that the phrase
> *originated* in NASA, only that it was used there; much less
> does the 1968 Air Academy Slang citation prove that it
> started at the Academy nor in the Air Force.

Then how does the non-slang use by ADM Land indicate that he originated
a slang usage?
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