Posted on 01/20/2018 9:00:49 AM PST by Strac6
A NASA astronaut who was slated to become the first African American to serve as a member of the crew aboard the International Space Station has been removed from her upcoming mission.
Jeanette Epps, who had been scheduled to launch to the space station in June of this year for a five-month expedition, has been replaced on the flight by another NASA astronaut, Serena Auñón-Chancellor, who was serving as Epps' backup.
NASA announced the crew change on Jan. 18, stating that Epps will assume duties in the Astronaut Office at Johnson Space Center in Houston, and "be considered for assignment to future missions."
The reason for Epps' removal was not given. Brandi Dean, a NASA spokesperson, said that a number of factors were considered. More From Space.com
Jeanette Epps
"These decisions are personnel matters for which NASA doesn't provide information," Dean told collectSPACE.com.
Six African-American astronauts — Robert Curbeam, Alvin Drew, Joan Higginbotham, Leland Melvin, Robert Satcher and Stephanie Wilson — previously visited the station on space shuttle missions to assemble and supply the orbiting laboratory, but Epps would have been the first to serve on the space station's resident crew.
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Those with any military time will understand the translation of the above: AMF
Will there be riots `over this?
And finally, if someone claims (again) that I am some racist pig for daring to post a story that might reflect negatively on African Americans, I would remind them this is the #5 Front Page story on Fox News this morning.
Race card to be played in 10...9...8....
Oink Oink.....LOL
Another blow to affirmative action...
Double minority. Or triple if she is homo. She must have really PO’d the wrong person and/or failed to get fired like this.
There was a crazy female astronaut...forgot her name...tried to kill someone or she was a stalker or something??
Lisa Nowak, Bat Shot crazy. Tired to kill a fellow astronaut who was now being chased by her astronaut boyfriend.
All here in Crazy Florida.
Call Hillary....there’s an opening...
It won’t be long and she will play the race card.
Even if it was a medical issue that caused her to get bumped.
She will claim her issue is being treated differently than others that came
before her.
Probably worried about a BLM riot in outer space.
I thought she was driving from FL to TX while wearing a diaper...
Too hard to take a knee in outer space?
Only if she can live with herself when the real reason comes out. And it will come out if she chooses to play the race card.
If it was a valid reason for her to be replaced,(and it was a valid reason) good grief, just take it and move on with your life. If you want to burn down a coupla cities and drag NASA thru the mud, well, its a free country.
Yeah, she would would be on the receiving end of that. HA HA
And Lisa Nowak got a slap on the wrist.
Obviously racism.
Baby bump in 4...5......6 weeks.
She’s 47, though. I mean, it’s not unheard of, but not common.
47 years old ? what a time to become pregnant....
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