Dear Scott,
I appreciate your reply. When pilots are trained, they are weeded out and
tested under stress. Some pilots pass and yet others fail.
I have spoken to pilots that have failed their final exams for a variety of
reasons. Panicking under stress could be one of them.
When piloting an aircraft you must learn to trust your instruments. I think
it takes a different mind set to be a good pilot.
Most astronauts have to be "half crazy" (have guts or whatever) to ride on
a roman candle @ 20,000 miles per hour to get outside the earth's
atmosphere.
Should a mere civilian be allowed to go on such a dangerous voyage under the
qualifications of winning an essay?
I don't know the correct answer to that question, I juts know everybody is
different.
Sam....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Nelson" <SNelson@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Space shuttle
Hmm, yer saying NASA won't fly any more *ordinary citizens* because they
don't die as obediently as trained astronauts? Funny, I thought they weren't
doing it because killing civilians through your own organizational hubris in
a very public spectacle after parading them around in front of the media for
months is bad PR. Guess I don't think like NASA. To think, if Christy had
just kept her harness on and died like a good girl, we all might still have
a chance to do the same!
<<Christy MacCuliff (spelling), allegedly panicked and unfastened her seat
belt harness and had to be restrained. This is why NASA will never have
>another civilian (average) in space for the immeadiate future.>>
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