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From: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle Status for 10/05/90 (Forwarded)
Message-ID: <3268@phred.UUCP>
Date: 12 Oct 90 16:00:33 GMT
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Reply-To: petej@phred.UUCP (Pete Jarvis)
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In article <17046@unix.SRI.COM> larson@snmp.sri.com (Alan Larson) writes:
>
>  As I understand it, the shuttle crew uses T-38's as their normal method
>of getting around the country.  (I would appreciate any expansion of detail
>on this if availiable.)
>
>  How do the mission specialists get around?  Are they all rated to fly
>T-38's?  I thought they didn't even have to all be pilots.

Many of the Mission Specialists fly the rear seat of the T-38's. You
don't have to be a pilot to do that.   Peter Jarvis........