[sci.space] Astronaut Smokers

rnm8s@helga1.acc.Virginia.EDU (03/19/91)

	I'm in the middle of Walter Schirra's autobiography
and noted that when the Mercury program started up he was a
pack a day smoker.  In all, 6 out of the origninal 7 astro-
nauts were smokers.  The Japanesse reporter who went to the
Mir space station was a chain smoker - three packs a day!

	Does anyone know if any current U.S. astronauts are
smokers, or does NASA not accept these types?  

	Just curious.

Rory McLeod
Dept Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia

andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews) (03/21/91)

From article <1991Mar18.222356@helga1.acc.Virginia.EDU>, by rnm8s@helga1.acc.Virginia.EDU:
> The Japanesse reporter who went to the
> Mir space station was a chain smoker - three packs a day!

No wonder he felt so ill when he got back to Earth!


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