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Topic: NASA astronaut candidate (ascan) chaperones
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ASCAN1984
Member Posts: 995
From: County Down, Nothern Ireland
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 02-20-2012 11:13 PM
   
For each astronaut class, there were one or more experienced astronauts who were entrusted with looking after the ascans throughout their training, e.g. Barbara Morgan and another astronaut I cannot remember worked with the 2004 class. Would anyone know of any others for previous classes? |
Skylon
Member Posts: 138
From:
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 02-21-2012 08:42 AM
I think George Zamka was the other Astronaut working with the 2004 class. I got the impression Alan Bean and Ed Gibson worked with the TFNG's, but I could be wrong. Likewise with Jim Buchli, who I think served a similar function with the 1984 Astronauts (and coined their nickname, as only a Marine can, "The Maggots"). |
kr4mula
Member Posts: 588
From: Cinci, OH
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 02-21-2012 12:06 PM
Several of the '78 class have mentioned Al Bean being their "Mother Hen." |
Henry Heatherbank
Member Posts: 146
From: Adelaide, South Australia
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 02-21-2012 02:47 PM
Just in relation to Al Bean and the TFNGs, didn't he have an initial reservation or objection to the involvement of women into the astronaut corps, only to have his view changed by the competence of the first six (Ride, Resnick, Fisher, Lucid, Sullivan, Seddon)? |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 499
From: washington, Illinois USA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 02-28-2012 10:41 AM
If I remember correctly I believe astronaut Jeff Ashby was the class mentor for astronaut group/class 16 or 17 (one of the two). |
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