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From: pstinson@pbs.org
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: married astronauts to fly together?
Message-ID: <1991Feb4.115208.11590@pbs.org>
Date: 4 Feb 91 16:52:08 GMT
References: <14243@ulysses.att.com>
Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA
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In article <14243@ulysses.att.com>, smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin) writes:
> Two astronauts assigned to fly on Endeavour in September 1992, Mark Lee
> and Jan Davis, have just married.  NASA is trying to decide what, if
> anything, to do about it...
If they have dependents back on Earth, NASA may not want to risk having both
parents lost on one mission.  It is not just NASA.  Ever since the three
Sullivan brothers went down with the same ship in World War II, the Navy has
been extremely reluctant to assign brothers to the same vessel.  I imagine any
policy eventually formulated regarding spouses will be an extension of this
practice.  No one wants one accident to wipe out a whole family.