[FPSPACE] Cosmonauts handle space stresses better?

[Dwayne Allen Day]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Larry Klaes wrote:

> RUSSIANS FARED BETTER THAN AMERICANS IN SPACE
> ---------------------------------------------
> According to a new psychological and emotional study, American 
> astronauts and mission control personnel who participated in 
> missions to the Mir space station tended to be less happy and 
> less satisfied with their working conditions than their Russian 
> counterparts.

This should not be too surprising to people close to the issue (or anyone
who read Dragonfly).  The Russians screen for psychological fitness for
the mission.  The Americans do not.


DDAY