brody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Adam R. Brody) (04/10/91)
Since they abolished back-up crews since STS 4, what is the plan if someone gets sick or for some reason cannont make the flight? How long before the flight do the crew go into quarantine to prevent catching someone's cold or the flu?
sklein@troa01.enet.dec.com (Susan Klein) (04/10/91)
In article <8025@eos.arc.nasa.gov>, brody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Adam R. Brody) writes... >Since they abolished back-up crews since STS 4, what is the plan if >someone gets sick or for some reason cannont make the flight? How long >before the flight do the crew go into quarantine to prevent catching >someone's cold or the flu? During the STS 36 in February/March 1990, Commander John Creighton had a cold and the launch was delayed to allow him to recover. The launch was also delayed for other reasons, such that when he flew, he no longer was suffering. There was no mention of replacing him. However, on STS 33 in November 1989, Pilot John Blaha replaced David Griggs, who was killed in June 1989. Blaha had recently returned from a space mission as Pilot and was available. This situation has reoccurred. On STS 42 scheduled for January 1992, an astronaut will be required to replace Manley Carter. He was a mission specialist on board this mission of the Internation Microgravity Mission. He died last Friday in a plane crash in Georgia. Since he is a medical doctor, and other astros listed on the flight are also medical doctors, I would suspect that he would be replaced by an astronaut, who is a doctor, or has a medical background. Anna Fisher comes to mind, she is not currently assigned to a flight and she is a doctor. Since that flight is less than a year away, I expect that NASA will announce a replacement very soon. Susan Klein sklein@troa09.dec.com --or-- ...!decwrl!troa09.dec.com!sklein --or-- sklein%troa09.dec@decwrl.dec.com
kaplow@pobox.enet.dec.com (Bob Kaplow) (04/11/91)
In article <8025@eos.arc.nasa.gov>, brody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Adam R. Brody) writes... >Since they abolished back-up crews since STS 4, what is the plan if >someone gets sick or for some reason cannont make the flight? I wondered about this as well Friday night. After leaving KSC after the launch of STS-37, I went back to my motel room to follow the news, and heard that Manley Carter, scheduled for the last shuttle flight this year (STS-44?), had been killed in a plane crash along with John Tower. I don't know what NASA does in this case, because I guess it hadn't come up yet. I guess we will find out soon. >How long before the flight do the crew go into quarantine to >prevent catching someone's cold or the flu? One week. This I know for sure, because a friend of mine (Jay Apt) is on the crew of STS-37. His wife held a reception on L-1, and told us that he had been quarantined for a week before the flight. That meant we couldn't see him off in person, and I probably won't get to see him until this August. Bob Kaplow | UUCP: ...!decwrl!pobox.enet.dec.com!kaplow Digital Equipment Corp. | ARPA: kaplow@pobox.enet.dec.com Elk Grove Village, IL | CIS: >INTERNET:kaplow@pobox.enet.dec.com There is no such thing as a free launch!