Apollo 7 had received the medal twice before, for his Mercury and Gemini missions). Therefore, NASA administrator Michael D. Griffin decided to belatedly award the medals to the crew in October 2008, "[f]or exemplary performance in meeting all the Apollo 7 mission objectives and more on the first manned Apollo mission, paving the way for the first flight to the Moon on Apollo 8 and the first manned lunar landing on Apollo 11." Only Cunningham was still alive at the time; Eisele's widow accepted his medal, and Apollo 8 crew member Bill Anders accepted Schirra's. Other Apollo astronauts, including Neil Armstrong, Buzz
Napalm and Silly Putty hand, I always wonder how many unused frequent-flyer miles they had." The hardcover edition of "Napalm and Silly Putty" was on "New York Times" Best Seller list for 20 straight weeks. The following year, the paperback edition was published. Both editions were published by Hyperion Books. As of April 2002, the hardcover edition had sold over 375,000 total copies. The audiobook was released abridged in two parts: "Napalm and Silly Putty" in May 2001 and "More Napalm and Silly Putty" in 2002. The audiobook received a Grammy Award, Carlin's fourth, in February 2002. The audiobook edition was published by HighBridge