The venture was privately funded and NASA never officially endorsed it. But there you go. A slice of history.
I can neither confirm nor deny the rumor that these women were volunteered by their husbands. 
Posted on 03/22/2015 4:13:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Bernice Steadman was a member of the so-called "Mercury 13." NASA dropped the program, and it was 22 more years before a U.S. woman went to space.
Robert Steadman says his wife died Wednesday in Traverse City.
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RIP
It says she died at 91. Obviously she wasn’t “short lived” enough for the “short lived female astronaut program.”
RIP.
The venture was privately funded and NASA never officially endorsed it. But there you go. A slice of history.
I can neither confirm nor deny the rumor that these women were volunteered by their husbands.
Never heard this before, RIP.
“The term was coined in 1995 by Hollywood producer James Cross as a comparison to the Mercury Seven name given to the selected male astronauts; however, the Mercury 13 were not part of NASA’s astronaut program, never flew in space and never actually met as a group.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_13
So a bunch of hooey.
Never heard of the ‘Mercury 13’ program. Someone should get info on these ladies who were in it.
Why a bunch of hooey?
Fake.
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