First Black astronaut candidate, now 90, reaches space in Blue Origin flight Posted by adwmayer on Sunday May 19, 2024 @03:07PM from the theguardian.com dept. https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/19/ed-dwight-blue-origin-first-black-astronaut-candidate ( 2 comments | 22 points | on HN )
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/05/1109678316/edward-dwight-spac...
> No astronauts or fellow trainees have verified Dwight's account of Yeager's treatment
I don’t think you would have trouble finding people that could say Yeager was disagreeable and difficult.
Sounds like someone wanted to posthumously slander a hero to sell books and get clicks.