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* write a note to Rummel about Centaur cancellation.

pilot should accept & sign off on airplane. Thought shuttle wheels & brakes were disgracefully inadequate. Thought Centaur was a dangerous program.
Didn't like rental cars...picked up at airports
Wrote position papers for us on Safety Panel, crew escape, spare parts & maintainance practices
Seemed a little "stilted"...in an old-fashioned way. Thought Brewster & I were "so young" (as his wife told us). But called me "Dr Ride" even in informal situations

NASA witnesses during 1st public/private hearings called me Sally (most of them I had never met)...it looked as though someone put out a memo that said "don't do that" because soon even people I new well were using "Dr Ride" in the hearings...Even Tommy, during our JSC panel mtgs