Thank you, but that still doesn’t explain why he was even considered.
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stoy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoHe was the backup, the primary reporter was a young woman, but she had a medical emergency shortly before launch.
If you want to know more, Failure To Launch podcast has an excellent episode on this
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The_v@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ryoko Kikuchi had appendicitis a week before launch.
She did eventually make it into space however.
jaaake@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Genuinely thought you were trying to troll us into watching a Matthew McConaughey movie.