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The nature of the shuttle was, we couldn't put a crew escape system in it.

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Robert Crippen
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: September 11
Aerospace Engineer
Aircraft Pilot
Astronaut
Businessperson
Military Officer
Beaumont
Texas
Robert Laurel Crippen
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