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Subject: Re: Best position for pregnancy
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Date: 6 Jun 91 20:46:26 GMT
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In article <1991Jun5.175954.24544@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>, mll@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Littlefield) writes:
> Just a couple of points.  NASA has a strict policy of not flying
> married couples.  This is not that NASA officials are prudish, it's
> simply to keep a family from being devastated in the event of a
> catastrophic accident.  
> 
> This rule has been waved for a mission scheduled for early next year,
> however.   A couple who were scheduled and have been training for a
> mission for some time (couple of years), ran off and got married a few
> months ago.  NASA had a problem in that it was ALMOST too late to
> rearrange and retrain the crew.  It was finally decided that, since
> there are no children involved, the couple would be allowed to fly
> together.  (sorry, cannot remember the couple's names or the mission,
> if anyone is SUPREMELY interested, I'll look it up).

If no children are involved then why shouldn't any couple be allowed to fly?  I think that the choice not to fly as a couple should be made by the couple, although I can see how it could cause bad PR if there were an accident.

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