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From: phil@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: CAPCOM qualifications
Keywords: Huston CAPCOM Tammy
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Date: 17 Jan 90 15:57:40 GMT
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In article <882@hadron.UUCP> klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) writes:
>What is Tammy's (Houston CAPCOM, usually day shift, although she was at
>the console for orbit 91, a few minutes ago) background?  What is her
>educational background, her exact title, what does she do when a shuttle
>is not in orbit, and how did she qualify for the position?

I don't know the specifics about Tammy, but I do know that the
position of CAPCOM is traditionally held by a fellow astronaut.
So to become CAPCOM you must first be an astronaut.  None of the
other positions in mission control (including flight director) have
this "requirement" (I put that in quotes because I'm not sure if it
is an explicitly stated requirement or just a tradition).

		William LeFebvre
		Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
		Northwestern University
		<phil@eecs.nwu.edu>