How do you keep the commander of a nuclear missile facility from
launching?

You have a second person in the facility that also has a key.


Both of whom are armed, in the case of American launch facilities (or they
used to be, way back when I actually paid attention to such things).


It takes two
keys to launch.

I got to work with the Russians in 1993 when we were considering buying the
Soyuz as the station "life boat". I heard it straight from one of their
flight directors that they had to cut mission short because the astronauts
lost touch with reality.

I got to work with the Russians in 1993 when we were considering buying the
Soyuz as the station "life boat". I heard it straight from one of their
flight directors that they had to cut mission short because the astronauts
lost touch with reality.

I vaguely remember hearing something about a Skylab mission where the
commander was relieved of duty and one of the other two guys became the
new commander. They didn't have to terminate the mission early, though.

I vaguely remember hearing something about a Skylab mission where the
commander was relieved of duty and one of the other two guys became the
new commander. They didn't have to terminate the mission early, though.


Where the hell did you hear that one?

The third Skylab crew felt they were being overworked and went on
strike for a day, and also tried to cover up that the pilot, Bill
Pogue, got a bad bout of space-sickness early in the flight.

What if it's the President of the USA is the one who /goes/ nuts?

What if it's the President of the USA is the one who /goes/ nuts?

"Danny Deger" <dannydeger@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:45cacc19$0$4889$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...

Yes. In my opinion the Russians take mental health more seriously than
we do. Read the book "Dragon Fly". The Russians told us a perticular
astronaut was not mentally OK to fly in their station. In training he
was showing signs of not getting allong with his crew mates. We flew him
anyway and he had MAJOR problems with his crew. This is a documented
case of NASA not taking mental health seriously. Keep in mind the
Russians had a LOT more experience with long stays by a crew in space.

that had nothing to do with "mental health", just basic personality type.
Jerry Linenger was the MS in question, adn the Russians kept warning NASA
that he was too much of a "loner" to function well in an extended-duration
mission. And they were right, and he basically withdrew into his shell.

On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 02:45:40 -0500, "George" <george@yourservice.com
wrote:


"Dale" <drdale_com@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:S2Hyh.15$li6.0@newsfe04.lga...
This exact thing happened to William Shatner on at least two
occaisions.
In Star Trek episodes 105 and 210 he was divided into a good Kirk and
an
evil anti-Kirk. I believe this happens in space and we just have to
look
on the Enterprise for the good Nowak and recombobulate her with the
evil
anti-Nowak... easy

When you launch an astronaut into space wearing diapers you are asking
for trouble. What were they thinking.

They were likely thinking that the alternative wasn't too pretty.


Which brings up the question: Have any astronauts crapped themselves
during
launch? I bet I might...