The Nation - News from March 9, 1987
NASA is moving to limit shuttle crews to professional astronauts and probably will bar foreign crew members and satellite customer representatives from flights, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported. NASA Administrator James C. Fletcher, who is awaiting a recommendation on the issue from shuttle program managers, has told members of Congress that average citizens may never again fly aboard the shuttle. Before the Challenger launch, 22 non-NASA passengers had flown on the shuttle.
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