Jul 29 1987

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Top astronaut John W. Young told the Orlando Sentinel that he had been forced to resign as chief of NASA's astronaut office. Young claimed that his reassignment to a new post, as special assistant to the director for Shuttle engineering and safety, stemmed from his frequent criticism of NASA safety policies after the Challenger disaster. (LA Times, July 30/87)

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