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Explaining that “being assigned to any mission is relatively tentative and re-assignment is just the luck of the draw,” Jarvis tells his correspondent that after being bumped, he has been assigned “the shuttle mission scheduled for January (51-L)” – the Challenger flight on January 28, 1986. The luck that day was all bad – and the Space Shuttle, on which Jarvis was a payload specialist, exploded 73 seconds after launching. All crew members were lost.
Typed Letter Signed, 1 page, quarto, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Houston, Texas, no date, circa 1985. To Erik.
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NASA
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
77058
Reply to Attn of:
Dear Erik:
Thank you for a most interesting letter and concern over my being replaced again on the shuttle mission. As you may know, I am an engineer with the Hughes Aircraft Company, and my main task on the shuttle is that of payload specialist. Being assigned to any mission is relatively tentative and re-assignment is just the luck of the draw. I have been assigned to the shuttle mission scheduled for January (51-L) and plan to conduct experiments in fluid dynamics for future satellite development. Hopefully I won't get re-assigned again. Enclosed are your two autographed space covers and the photo you requested. Thanks again for your interest.
Sincerely,
GREG JARVIS
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
77058
Reply to Attn of:
Dear Erik:
Thank you for a most interesting letter and concern over my being replaced again on the shuttle mission. As you may know, I am an engineer with the Hughes Aircraft Company, and my main task on the shuttle is that of payload specialist. Being assigned to any mission is relatively tentative and re-assignment is just the luck of the draw. I have been assigned to the shuttle mission scheduled for January (51-L) and plan to conduct experiments in fluid dynamics for future satellite development. Hopefully I won't get re-assigned again. Enclosed are your two autographed space covers and the photo you requested. Thanks again for your interest.
Sincerely,
GREG JARVIS