12 will have their first contact with a church
5 will earn their religious emblem
2 will enter the clergy
1 will use Scout skills to save a life
1 will use Scout skills to save his own life
2 will become Eagle Scouts
18 will enter professions first learned through the Merit Badge system
17 will become Scouting volunteers and pass their skills, inspiration, and leadership along to countless youths
28 will develop hobbies started in Scouting that will give them lifelong interests
And . . . Only rarely will one appear in a criminal or juvenile court!
And yet, amazingly Scouting reaches only 25 percent of the youth in the country!
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One would almost think that scouting was a requirement to be employed by NASA.
Of the 312 pilots and scientists selected as astronauts since 1959:
At least 207 have been identified as having been Scouts or active in Scouting.
This list includes:
39 Eagle Scouts
25 Life Scouts
14 Star Scouts
26 First Class Scouts
17 Second Class Scouts
13 Tenderfoot Scouts
3 Explorers
25 Cub Scouts
10 Webelos Scouts
1 King’s Scout (Great Britian's Eagle Scout)
2 Wolf Scouts
27 were Girl Scouts
Of the 27 men to travel to the moon on the Apollo 9 through Apollo 17 missions, 24 were Scouts, including 11 of the 12 men who physically walked on the moon's surface
All three members of the Apollo 13 crew were in Scouting.
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