Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umn-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!hoyme From: hoyme@umn-cs.UUCP (Ken Hoyme) Newsgroups: net.columbia Subject: Re: Civilians in space (From NASA Activi - (nf) Message-ID: <422@umn-cs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Mar-84 21:02:05 EST Article-I.D.: umn-cs.422 Posted: Tue Mar 6 21:02:05 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Mar-84 07:25:54 EST Sender: notes@umn-cs.UUCP Organization: Computer Science Dept., U of Minn, Mpls, MN Lines: 12 #R:statvax:-12600:umn-cs:3800008:000:386 umn-cs!hoyme Mar 6 09:34:00 1984 No, they mean civilian passangers, not specialists. Those passagers will most likely be chosen to give good PR to the program (I.e., authors, c celebrities, reporters, but perhaps a Mr. or Ms. Average American. They will be trained to do some duties aboard the shuttle (such as meal preparation, Carbon Dioxide filter changing, cleaning, and other routine chores). Ken Hoyme