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Forum:	Space Explorers & Workers
Topic:	Payload specialist Robert Wood (1957-2009)

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by SPACEFACTS: [B]According to the [URL=http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/commutingtraffic/story/9C3851DDA5A9E69786257562004D9513?OpenDocument]St. Louis Dispatch[/URL], former payload specialist [URL=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/wood_robert.htm]Robert J. Wood[/URL] died in a car accident on February 19. <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]The Missouri Highway Patrol has identified the victim as Robert J. Wood, 51, of Wright City. Wood, the father of five, was a triathlete who worked as an engineering manager at Boeing. Wood's car was rear-ended about 12:15 a.m. as he drove east on Interstate 70 near Bryan Road, police say. The patrol said Chad E. Frazer, 29, was arrested after he ran out of his wrecked vehicle and away from the scene. Investigators with the Missouri Highway Patrol say Frazer's blood-alcohol content was measured at .27 about 90 minutes after the crash. That's more than three times the legal limit of .08.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> Though he never flew in space, as an engineer with the McDonnell Douglas Aeronautics Company, Wood was chosen as the second industry payload specialist in March 1985 and served as backup to payload specialist Charles Walker on STS-61B. Wood was assigned to fly on STS-61M, but the mission was canceled after the loss of space shuttle Challenger. <CENTER><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/obit_robertwood01.jpg" WIDTH="480" HEIGHT="369"> Robert Wood (left) and Charles Walker in 1985. Credit: NASA via Spacefacts</CENTER> [i]A moment of silence can be signified by an entry with no words and only a period.[/i][/B][/QUOTE]
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