Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amd!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-dvinci!fisher From: fisher@dvinci.DEC (Burns Fisher, MRO3-1/E13, DTN 231-4108) Newsgroups: net.columbia Subject: Women shuttle pilots Message-ID: <3636@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Sep-84 13:32:15 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3636 Posted: Fri Sep 14 13:32:15 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 02:43:00 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 11 > When will the first woman pilot/command a shuttle? I believe that there are currently no women pilots; they are all mission specialists. Based on my memory of the astronaut application forms (didn't you fill one out too?) shuttle pilots still need to have a number of thousands of hours of flight time before applying. This means that the hiring of women pilot astronauts will always lag the hiring of women in entry-level flying positions. (Do the various military flying services have women flyers?) Burns