Word: astronautical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Astronaut Judy Resnik, 36, used the shuttle's robot arm to delicately break away a chunk of ice that built up on the side of the space shuttle Discovery during her first flight...
...space except for in grade school." The actress has been coached on the set by no less an expert than Sally Ride, America's pioneer woman in space. "She's been like a friendly consultant," Capshaw says, and communicated particularly "the determination, the fears and the passions" of astronauts. Ride thinks that one kind of passion does not yet belong in zero gravity, though. Responding to a question during an appearance at a women's conference in Milwaukee last week, Ride said she and her astronaut husband have no desire to be the first couple in space...
...camp has been open for several summers to young people ages ten to 16. Now for the first time, it is open to adults. They can come to the camp, at a cost of $350 each, to spend three days hearing lectures on space flight, getting a sampling of astronaut training and flying missions in the camp's simulated space shuttle...
...last afternoon of the camp, Astronaut William Pogue, who was in space for 84 days aboard Skylab during the 1970s, came to deliver a sort of commencement address. One might think that a man that long in space might remember some of the enchantments and wonder of it. Pogue does, of course. But he is also the author of a book called How Do You Go to the Bathroom in Space? Pogue, an earthy man, told the campers that weightlessness makes your face look funny and your stomach feel awful. It is also a pain to take a shower...
...campers, the romance remained intact. Allen Garber, a 31-year- old paramedic from Boulder, went through the weekend with a look of bruised wonder in his eyes. "When I was a kid," he said, "I thought I could become an astronaut." Then he added sadly, "As I got older, I became more realistic...