Mercury Seven
A lawyer, Henry Batten, agreed to negotiate a deal for their personal stories with Field Enterprises along the lines of the "Life" magazine deal enjoyed by the Mercury Seven, for no fee. As with the "Life" deal, there was some disquiet about the propriety of astronauts cashing in on government-created fame, but Mercury Seven astronaut John Glenn intervened, and personally raised the matter with Kennedy, who approved the deal. The deals with Field and Time Life earned each of the nine $16,250 () per annum over the next four years, and provided them with $100,000 life insurance policies (). Due to the dangerous nature of an astronaut's job, insurance companies would have charged them unaffordably high premiums.