klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) (01/15/90)
After the past 5 days of watching NASA SELECT live on cable, my spousal
equivelent has come up with a quesiton that this illustrious body is
perhaps best qualified to answer.
What is Tammy's (Houston CAPCOM, usually day shift, although she was at
the console for orbit 91, a few minutes ago) background? What is her
educational background, her exact title, what does she do when a shuttle
is not in orbit, and how did she qualify for the position?
Our thanks in advance, and "The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" proves
that the American sense of humor is alive and well in the space program!
Kurt Reisler (703) 359-6100
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> What is Tammy's (Houston CAPCOM, usually day shift, although she was at > the console for orbit 91, a few minutes ago) background? What is her > educational background, her exact title, what does she do when a shuttle > is not in orbit, and how did she qualify for the position? > From my payload flight assignments document of 6/89, there is a woman scheduled to fly on STS-40 by the name of "T. E. Jernigan (civilian)". I know that in the past, the person manning the console in Houston has been an astronaut. Could this be why? - tom -- internet : mvac23!thomas@udel.edu or thomas%mvac23@udel.edu uucp : {ucbvax,mcvax,psuvax1,uunet}!udel!mvac23!thomas Europe Bitnet: THOMAS1@GRATHUN1 Location: Newark, DE, USA Quote : Virtual Address eXtension. Is that like a 9-digit zip code? -- The UUCP Mailer
yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (01/17/90)
T. E. Jernigan is Tamara Jernigan. She has a PhD in astrophysics or something like that. Her biography is in the Spacelink section of the SPACE archive, file 6.3.4.28. -Peter Yee yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov ames!yee
n8741572@unicorn.WWU.EDU (Matthew Skinner) (01/17/90)
I assumed that the CAPCOM is another astronaut. Having a good knowledge of what the person on the other end is likely to say is a great help when communications are moving quickly. When an important message comes across, I wouldn't want someone asking for a repeat or looking up references in some book...
phil@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre) (01/17/90)
In article <882@hadron.UUCP> klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) writes: >What is Tammy's (Houston CAPCOM, usually day shift, although she was at >the console for orbit 91, a few minutes ago) background? What is her >educational background, her exact title, what does she do when a shuttle >is not in orbit, and how did she qualify for the position? I don't know the specifics about Tammy, but I do know that the position of CAPCOM is traditionally held by a fellow astronaut. So to become CAPCOM you must first be an astronaut. None of the other positions in mission control (including flight director) have this "requirement" (I put that in quotes because I'm not sure if it is an explicitly stated requirement or just a tradition). William LeFebvre Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Northwestern University <phil@eecs.nwu.edu>