The letter he mailed to the President that got a nomination in time
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The letter he mailed to the President that got a nomination in time
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The letter he mailed to the President that got a nomination in time
In this episode, we follow Charles Frank Bolden Jr.’s journey from Columbia, South Carolina, through a blocked naval nomination to a presidential appeal and into the skies, tracing the decisions, training, and moments that shaped his path. What choices and chances turned a rejected seventeen-year-old into an astronaut whose voice would later be sent to Mars?
Person: Charles Frank Bolden Jr.
Date: August 28, 2012
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Event: Letter to President Lyndon B. Johnson requesting help with a naval academy nomination
Outcome detail: Nomination provided by Representative William L. Dawson of Chicago
- At 17, Bolden had the grades and drive for the U.S. Naval Academy but received no nomination from South Carolina’s delegation.
- He bypassed local politicians and mailed a letter directly to President Lyndon B. Johnson asking for assistance.
- Within weeks a military recruiter arrived at his family home and a nomination came from Representative William L. Dawson of Chicago.
- Bolden entered the Naval Academy with the class of 1968, became class president, and earned a B.S, in electrical science.
- After decade-long military aviation and test-pilot service, and recruitment efforts by Nichelle Nichols, Bolden was selected as a NASA astronaut in August 1981.
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