MY OTHER VEHICLE WAS A SPACECRAFT

摘要

Astronauts can't stay astronauts forever. These days, the space shuttles are being readied for display in museums, and commercial space vehicles are years from being able to carry humans to orbit. Though nothing can match the rush of a rocket ride, ex-astronauts continue to experience the thrill of flight by turning to the thing that got many of them hooked on space travel in the first place: the airplane.rnToday, even active astronauts-yes, those enviable pilots who routinely get to take one of NASA's T-38 Talons out for a spin-can find fulfillment by flying low and (relatively) slow. Which airplanes are astronauts turning to? Some of their choices may surprise you.