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Puritans at JPL Ban Sex in Space Book

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
September 24, 2006

Reader note: “Last Tuesday Sep 19, the following email was sent to the all.personnel list at JPL:”


Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:00:03 -0700
To: “All Personnel” [email protected]
From: Bonnie L Gerszt [email protected]
Subject: Book Signing at The JPL Store
Book Signing at The JPL Store

Please join us in welcoming Laura Woodmansee as she signs her new book, _Sex in Space_.

Laura will be at The JPL Store to sign her book and meet JPL personnel on Thursday, September 28 from 11:30am to 1:00pm.

Her other books, _Women Astronauts_ and _Women of Space_: Cool Careers on the Final Frontier, will also be available at The JPL Store.

See you there!


Reader note: “The following Thursday, Sep 21 the following retraction was sent:”


Subject: Book Signing
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:00:00 -0700
From: Bonnie L Gerszt [email protected]
Reply-To: Bonnie L Gerszt [email protected]
To: All Personnel [email protected]

Due to ethical issues, The Laura Woodmansee book signing on Thursday, September 28, 2006 been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.


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