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Michel contends that if he had not resigned when he did, Harrison "Jack" Schmitt — the only one in Michel's astronaut class to walk on the moon — might never have done so. "Jack wasn't even on the agenda," he said. "Another guy was scheduled (for Apollo 17), but the National Academy of Sciences got all pushed out of shape when I left. I think that was largely influential in Jack getting his flight. When it looked like their primary idea of getting a scientist to the moon was going to flop, they finally started pushing their weight around."
Michel contends that if he had not resigned when he did, Harrison "Jack" Schmitt — the only one in Michel's astronaut class to walk on the moon — might never have done so. "Jack wasn't even on the agenda," he said. "Another guy was scheduled (for Apollo 17), but the National Academy of Sciences got all pushed out of shape when I left. I think that was largely influential in Jack getting his flight. When it looked like their primary idea of getting a scientist to the moon was going to flop, they finally started pushing their weight around."