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To: The_Media_never_lie
Why were there 7 on board? Surely all know after Challenger that these are extremely complex and dangerous craft? There is a place for pilots, but the space tourists?

None of the crew were "tourists". They were trained mission specialists carrying on experiments on board, IIRC there were over 80 separate experiments on this mission.

451 posted on 02/01/2003 7:02:15 AM PST by TomB
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To: TomB
Do you know their names?
458 posted on 02/01/2003 7:02:44 AM PST by still lurking
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To: TomB; The_Media_never_lie
None of the crew were "tourists". They were trained mission specialists carrying on experiments on board, IIRC there were over 80 separate experiments on this mission.

Yeah, heck, the mission specialist from Israel was a colonel in their Air Force.

513 posted on 02/01/2003 7:09:10 AM PST by Mr. Silverback (Going to war without French support is like going hunting without an accordion.)
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