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Are you sure that number doesn't include Vietnam?
by jeffdn 3y ago
Are you sure that number doesn't include Vietnam?
- Animats 3y agoYes. Read "The Making of an Ex-Astronaut",[1] from someone who quit the program because the part about becoming a fighter jock was too dangerous. Four US astronauts died in jet aircraft accidents in the 1960s.[2] [1] https://archive.org/details/makingofexastron0000unse/page/162 https://archive.org/details/makingofexastron0000unse/page/16... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_accidents_and_incidents#During_training_or_testing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_ac...