The position, which was first created and held by Mercury astronaut Deke Slayton in 1962, oversees the activities of the astronaut corps, including managing training programs, appointing technical assignments and choosing the crews for upcoming space missions.

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"Signal didn't do a good enough job managing the training sessions, " says a person close to the situation.

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No doubt, the stakes are high for C-level managers tasked with managing the company training budget.

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