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X-15 Pilots Finally Get Astronaut Wings

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-all-space-to-me dept.

Ginnungagap42 writes "NASA has a story about pilots Bill Dana, John McKay and Joe Walker finally receiving their astronauts wings for their work in the X-15 program back in the 1960's. Astronauts wings were awarded to the USAF personnel in the 1960's, but not to the civilian NASA pilots until now. The X-15 program was an important testbed for hypersonic flight. It's nice that all the pilots who flew high and fast are finally being recognized."

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  1. Waste of money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    With all the budget problems this country has now why are we wasting money on this? The few thousand dollars spent making these wings could be better spent making bullets to take out radicals around the world before they take us out here in our streets.