On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:56:57 +0000, Walt Connelly wrote:

I believe Alan Shepherd died of Leukemia at 74, it would be interesting
to research the cause of death among all astronauts/cosmonauts over the
years.

I vaguely remember hearing that SAC crews from the cold war era had
higher than normal cancer death rates. Is there any truth in this? If its
so, would that be related more to their scantily wrapped 'cargo' than to
their flying hours at altitude?


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