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To: Strac6
Those with any military time will understand the translation of the above: AMF

I do and I find your comment to be very callous and unsympathetic to an individual who obviously dedicated her entire life for such an appointment.

I also suspect you are way off base.

Ever think that maybe, just maybe, she developed a medical condition that would disqualify her from this mission?

It wouldn't be the first time a mission member was removed due to a medical condition discovered at the last minute............Deke Slayton was selected to pilot the second U.S. manned orbital spaceflight, but was grounded in 1962 by atrial fibrillation. Fortunately for him, in March of 1972, he was granted medical clearance to fly, and was assigned as the docking module pilot of the 1975 Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, at age 51 becoming the oldest person to fly in space at the time.

While I won't consider you a racist or call you out for being one, I'm curious why you seem to take some pleasure in the fact that this highly educated and dedicated black woman would get bumped from this upcoming space mission.......

39 posted on 01/20/2018 12:54:43 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Sorry, but yours is the typical race card playing well-conditioned liberal reaction.

I take no joy in the fact she was bumpted, but will not, like so many others soon will claim it must be racism, and anyone does not support that claim must be a racist.


45 posted on 01/20/2018 2:13:52 PM PST by Strac6 ("Mrs. Strac, Pilatus, and Sig Sauer: All the fun things in my life are Swiss!")
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