Originally Posted By: TAH
Originally Posted By: Jacknola
RMKs with sheaths were with Mercury Astronauts by July, 1960 as per Shirra, in “Schirra’s Space.”


Jack,

Thanks for the book excerpt. I enjoyed reading several pages, but didn't see where it mentioned that the Randalls were in sheaths? Did I miss it? If yes, which page?

Thanks,
Tom


Tom, that was a deduction. The post should have read "RMKs presumably with sheaths..." (I just edited my post to reflect that). I'm usually more careful with language.

It is hard to imagine these guys in desert training for three days carrying their RMKs in their pocket or something. The logical deduction is that they had some type of sheath. This is why I wondered about the quote about supplying sheaths "on short notice..."

Thanks for the heads up on the language

Regards.
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Jack Williams