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Would you fly on the space shuttle if your wife had just been shot in the head?
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Anonymous
| What about all of the tax dollars which have gone into training him? It is not cheap to train an astronaut. Unless she is dying, the expectation should be yes. He knew when having children his job was high-risk and that there's a chance he could die. Should he not have had kids? |
Anonymous
The space program is aware that things come up. They train more astronauts than they need. They certainly do not want anyone who is emotionally unwell jeopardizing their multimillion dollar space program. |
Anonymous
| No. Family before career. |
Anonymous
No. 2nd marriage. They are his kids. They live with his ex-wife. |
Anonymous
There is no one right answer. Given that she has no children of her own, this is entirely a question of what they decide to do together. On one hand, they may be unwilling to take the risk that he may die. On the other hand, they may be equally unhappy at the prospect of two high achieving individuals having their ambitions crushed at the same time. I don't think that posters are aware of how challenging it is to get a space assignment. He has been in the program since 1996. In his career, he has had three missions. THREE. This is very common for astronauts. They live and breathe for a handful of events. There aren't a lot of opportunities left. I think there is one mission left before the fleet is retired, and that certainly has an assigned crew. I can see how many posters might not want to take a risk in this situation. But these are two risk taking people who do not appeared to be satisfied with ordinary lives. She may need this mission as much as he does. It's really up to the two of them. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
God-Country-Family |
Anonymous
For him this is true. He's military. |
Anonymous
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Some things to think about:
It's not just the six day shuttle mission, it's the two+ months of training running up to the shuttle mission. I actually have a college friend who was in the same astronaut class of 1996 and is on the final mission crew with Kelly. He trains ALL THE TIME. So, while Gabby is recovering, Kelly should be in training. Is that the best thing for him and his family? Their decision. Also keep in mind that this mission will actually launch 6 months late. When first announced, it was for October 2010. I won't go til April. Has he already done enough training? At six days, the mission isn't much different that a long business trip. (I am on comparing the risk here). As for the mission itself, he is somewhat lucky that it is only a shuttle mission, and is 6 days, not like 6 months, like his brother is doing on the space station (and like my friend has done twice). |
Anonymous
| pp here. I am also sure Kelly understands the risks. 4 of his 1996 classmates were killed when the Columbia blew up. |
Anonymous
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I would. My husband would.
ITS SPACE!!!!!! |
Anonymous
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Duty, Honor, Country
Family isn't even listed 
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Anonymous
Your marriage sounds strong. You're fortunate to have each other. |
Anonymous
| It doesn't matter what I would do. It's their call. |
Anonymous
Same here. I can't imagine leaving my spouse under these circumstances. |