On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:27:11 -0600, "Jim Oberg"
wrote:

for newsgroup alt.geezers-in-space

The average age is late 40's -- is this the oldest-ever
shuttle crew?

....I think this is NASA's way of getting around any post-Nowak
accusations of Zero-G fooling around, Jim.

"Well, if you must know, John Glenn proved on his Shuttle flight that
there comes a time in a person's life when their libido is so burned
out that not even Viagra *and* microgravity will allow someone to rise
to the occasion. Which is why we're now sending up crews that are no
longer sexually active due to age..."

OM
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