klein@kaoa04enet.dec.com (Susan Klein) (03/02/90)
Does anyone have any information about John Young and what his current status is. Is he still an active astronaut? Does he still work for NASA? Haven't heard anything about him for a long time. Just wondering. Thanks
yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (03/02/90)
File 6.3.6.24 in the SPACE archive is John Young's NASA biography, which is current to January, 1989. -Peter Yee yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov ames!yee PS His current assignment follows: CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Young currently serves as Special Assistant to the Director of JSC for Engineering, Operations, and Safety. In this new position, Young has direct access to the Center Director and other senior managers in defining and resolving issues affecting the safe return to flight of the Space Shuttle. Additionally, Young will also assist the Center Director in providing advice and counsel on engineering, operational, and safety matters related to the Space Station, the uprated Shuttle, the National Aerospace Plane, the Crew Emergency Return Vehicle, and other proposed Space Exploration Programs. Still an active astronaut, he remains eligible to command future Shuttle astronaut crews.