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Most astronauts in the Gemini/Apollo programme were military but Neil Armstrong was a civilian having resigned his reserve commission in 1960. Was it a deliberate choice to choose a civilian for the most prestigious role in the American space programme?

by /u/zerodarkshirty in /r/AskHistorians

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