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From: rnm8s@helga1.acc.Virginia.EDU
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Subject: Astronaut Smokers
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Date: 19 Mar 91 03:23:56 GMT
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	I'm in the middle of Walter Schirra's autobiography
and noted that when the Mercury program started up he was a
pack a day smoker.  In all, 6 out of the origninal 7 astro-
nauts were smokers.  The Japanesse reporter who went to the
Mir space station was a chain smoker - three packs a day!

	Does anyone know if any current U.S. astronauts are
smokers, or does NASA not accept these types?  

	Just curious.

Rory McLeod
Dept Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia