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From: klappala@vipunen.hut.fi ("Kuisma Lappalainen")
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: back-up crews
Keywords: back-up crew
Message-ID: <1991Apr10.061620.18949@santra.uucp>
Date: 10 Apr 91 06:16:20 GMT
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In article <8025@eos.arc.nasa.gov> brody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Adam R. Brody) writes:
>Since they abolished back-up crews since STS 4, what is the plan if
>someone gets sick or for some reason cannont make the flight?  How long
>before the flight do the crew go into quarantine to prevent catching
>someone's cold or the flu?



I think that is a fortnight's time. I heard about it when visiting N.A.S.A.
last January at JFK's Space Center in Florida.
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