Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 Fluke 8/7/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!fluke!schuh From: schuh@fluke.UUCP (Michael L. Schuh) Newsgroups: net.columbia Subject: women shuttle crew members/space sickness Message-ID: <1260@vax3.fluke.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Oct-84 08:48:04 EDT Article-I.D.: vax3.1260 Posted: Fri Oct 5 08:48:04 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Oct-84 06:45:54 EDT Distribution: net Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA Lines: 25 [stay tuned for our next episode of 'Line-eating Bugs in Space'] We had some discussion in this news group recently about when will a woman be the pilot of a shuttle mission. Apparently it will be a while. My question is: when will there be a mission comprised of just women? It would be only fair, given the number of all male flight crews to date (BTW it wasn't until June of this year that commercial aviation had its first all female cockpit crew - definitely a ways to go). Thinking about unmixed flight crews leads to another question: what effect will this have on 'space sickness'? (I could also ask about problems with the toilet...) Some time ago I read a minor newspaper article about space sickness on shuttle flights. It seems that only two shuttle flights were without sickness related problems: the two with women on board. The theory was that perhaps the men were reluctant to show any apparent signs of weakness with any women around. Perhaps this applied to the two women as well. So here's my question: Would an all women crew exhibit symptoms of space sickness? Or are women just not as susceptible as men to orbital nausea? (Which is the stronger sex, etc... does this belong in net.women?) My on going thanks to Roger Noe for his keeping us informed. Mike Schuh - ms274G- John Fluke Mfg Co - Box C9090 - Everett WA 98206 USA {{decvax,tektronix}!uw-beaver,microsoft,allegra,ssc-vax,sun,sb1}!fluke!schuh P.S. Saw the current mission take off an hour and a half ago - why can't the launches be at 7:03 am PDT?