Jack Briggs
Senior HTF Member
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- Jun 3, 1999
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Mary: To clarify, I was talking about what the media spin would be. Eileen Collins has more than proven her mettle: She exhibited some serious Right Stuff piloting during the launch of the first mission she commanded, STS-96 — it could very well have ended up as the first RTL abort, but she made the split-second decisions necessary to achieve orbit. (And I'm often among the first "responders" on this board when it comes to complaints about sexist posts! Meaning, one can never word his or her posts too carefully. ) JB