Re: Grit
And the stories in the article, and many others like them, are why they mostly chose test pilots to be astronauts. Because they knew they were at the very limits of human knowledge and technology of the time, and needed people who had a proven ability to stay cool under life and death pressure, and make the "right" decision even when it isn't what they had been told to do or the situation hadn't even been planned for.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
