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From: gt6337a@prism.gatech.EDU (Niel M. Bornstein)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: married astronauts to fly together?
Message-ID: <21309@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 5 Feb 91 22:59:07 GMT
References: <1991Feb4.115208.11590@pbs.org> <877@idacrd.UUCP>
Organization: Georgia Tech
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In article <877@idacrd.UUCP> mac@idacrd.UUCP (Robert McGwier) writes:
>From article <1991Feb4.115208.11590@pbs.org>, by pstinson@pbs.org:
>> 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. 
>This is false.  There are several cases of two parents who were in the
>active service, active reserves, and now inactive reserves being shipped
>to the Saudi theatre.  I watched a fairly interesting example on `Larry
>King Live' on CNN last week.

Not to drag the war into it, but the excuse they give is that all the people 
over there are volunteers.  And there were more than three Sullivans... was
it four or five?

Anyway, the point is the armed forces are reluctant to draft members of the 
same family and put them in the same unit.  NASA is not drafting anyone, at
least as far as I know.  If they are, where do I register?

Niel
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* Niel M. Bornstein                                  gt6337a@prism.gatech.edu *
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