<prompt> Ubani ongazange ahambe nge-as-204 kodwa obekufanele ahambe kodwa wabe esethola ithuba lokundiza nge-as-205? Njengoba kunikezwe umbuzo odlule, bhala umongo onempendulo yawo. Kungaba imisho engu-1 kuya kwengu-20. Umongo:  <response>: UDeke Slayton, owayengumkhumbi-mkhathi waseMercury owaba nguMqondisi Wezinhlelo Zokuhamba Kwezinhlelo zeGemini ne-Apollo, wakhetha iqembu lokuqala le-Apollo ngoJanuwari 1966, noGrissom njengoMphathi Wezindiza, uWhite njengoMphathi Omkhulu, no-rookie Donn F. Eisele njengoMphathi. Kodwa u-Eisele waphuma kabili ehlombe ngenkathi esezindizeni zokuqeqeshelwa ukungasebenzisi amandla adonsela phansi i-KC135, futhi kwadingeka ukuba ahlinzwe ngo-January 27. USlayton wamfaka esikhundleni sakhe uChaffee. I-NASA yamemezela ukukhethwa kwabasebenzi bokugcina be-AS-204 ngoMashi 21, 1966, nabasebenzi abasekelayo abahlanganisa amaGemini asebekhulile uJames McDivitt noDavid Scott, kanye no-rookie uRussell L. URusty Schweickart. Igama lomuntu owaziwa ngokuthi u-Rusty Umakadebona weMercury Gemini uWally Schirra, u-Eisele, kanye ne-rookie uWalter Cunningham bamenyezelwa ngoSepthemba 29 njengabasebenzi abakhulu be-AS-205. 