Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ogicse!blake!unicorn!n8741572 From: n8741572@unicorn.WWU.EDU (Matthew Skinner) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: CAPCOM qualifications Summary: mind reading... Message-ID: <426@unicorn.WWU.EDU> Date: 17 Jan 90 03:50:27 GMT Reply-To: n8741572@unicorn.WWU.EDU (Matthew Skinner) Organization: Western Washington Univ, Bellingham, WA Lines: 6 I assumed that the CAPCOM is another astronaut. Having a good knowledge of what the person on the other end is likely to say is a great help when communications are moving quickly. When an important message comes across, I wouldn't want someone asking for a repeat or looking up references in some book...