![]() Presidents such as John F Kennedy heaped praise on the spacemen and queued up to be pictured with them and their wives. Her bitter view is revealed in a new book, The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel, which tells the remarkable story of how the women turned to each other and held monthly meetings because they were so hopelessly let down by Nasa. ![]() “When I’m reincarnated, I want to marry a nine-to-five man, not an astronaut.”īarbara was married to Gene Cernan, who commanded the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 and was the last man to walk on the Moon. Their torment was summed up by Barbara Cernan, who said: “If you think going to the Moon is hard, try staying at home. One even killed herself as she could not cope with the death toll of Project Mercury and Nasa’s Apollo space programme. In public, they were always expected to put on a show of unity for the world.īut in private, desperate partners sought solace in booze and drugs as they struggled to come to terms with cheating husbands – and the agony of living with the constant threat of tragedy all astronauts face in space. ![]() ![]() Many of the wives of the hero astronauts who helped America win the race to the Moon were married to cheaters. THEY were the symbol of the ideal woman – but their perfect smiles hid a dark secret.
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