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somereallyfungi t1_jbxkbih wrote

What's with the vagueness "one of the first"? Were there other pregnant women on the same plane?

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yawetag12 t1_jbxshuf wrote

Possible another pilot did it without knowing they were pregnant, or did it and it wasn't a media story.

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swordo t1_jc4pxdo wrote

there were rumors in the early 90s that one of the astronauts was pregnant and the government wanted to study the effects of space travel on prenatal care. however it wasn't really public because of the ethics involved with experimentation on a non-consenting subject. the gossip was that whatever happened did not turn out favorable and the lady eventually committed suicide in a furnace

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