Imagine not meeting the requirements to be an astronaut and spending your whole life telling people that ACTUALLY you gave up on your dreams because it seemed dangerous.
I’m assuming so, since it’s not like we cancelled all human spaceflight after the disaster, but if my man’s greatest accomplishment was buying a McDonald’s franchise then I don’t think he was ever on the level of an astronaut - most of them have multiple degrees and a ton of experience doing research on Earth before they ever interview at NASA. The days when they were test pilots are long gone.
Imagine not meeting the requirements to be an astronaut and spending your whole life telling people that ACTUALLY you gave up on your dreams because it seemed dangerous.
I was trying to figure out how the Challenger “cut short” him being an astronaut. That makes sense
Who knew being an astronaut could be dangerous? No one knew this
Turned out he was somewhat correct since after next crash US forgot rocket science for a decade.
Is that it? He didn’t even qualify? I was wondering how 7 dead astronauts made his chances to fly less likely…
I’m assuming so, since it’s not like we cancelled all human spaceflight after the disaster, but if my man’s greatest accomplishment was buying a McDonald’s franchise then I don’t think he was ever on the level of an astronaut - most of them have multiple degrees and a ton of experience doing research on Earth before they ever interview at NASA. The days when they were test pilots are long gone.