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Here is an intimate glimpse of
this astronaut who finds romance
and glory in flying and the wife
who shares his adventures
gram, his wife is even more so. Mrs.
Marjorie Slayton, for instance, has al
ways maintained that the astronauts'
wives had been preconditioned by their
husbands' experience as test pilots.
On the other hand, Rene Carpenter
tells how she used to watch the kitchen
clock when Scott was testing planes in
Maryland. Each minute he was late con
vinced her that Scott had crashed. Does
she feel differently now? "I still have some
qualms," she says.
Scott trained as a Navy flier in the
closing years of World War II, then re
turned to Boulder to study aeronautical
engineering at the University of Colo
rado, where he met Rene. He supplemented
his GI aid by work as a lumberjack, hod
carrier, and jackhammer operator, which
probably accounts for the exceptional
development of shoulders, chest, and bi
ceps on his otherwise slender frame. Even
now he is an extraordinary gymnast who
can climb a 20-foot rope hand-over-hand
in a few seconds and perform effortlessly
on exercise bars.
THE couple makes a point of the fact
they have "worked" to make their
marriage a success. "You can't take any
thing for granted that's important," Rene
says, which sums up their methodical ap
proach to everything from raising a fami
ly to discussing Scott's career.
As an example of "working" at mar
riage, Rene tells about their honeymoon.
She and Scott isolated themselves from
the world in a crude cabin deep in the
Rockies. Scott chopped wood and added
to their provisions by hunting and fishing.
Rene learned her housekeeping with a
minimum of conveniences. The experi
ence, she says proudly, brought them
closer together and helped shape their
whole concept of marriage.
This concept includes long sessions
discussing each other's problems over
coffee or milk at the kitchen table. When
Scott is away, which is often, he writes
17- or 20-page letters detailing each
phase of his training. Rene responds with
long diarylike letters.
In outward appearance, Rene seems to
have a tendency to "take charge" of the
Carpenter family, but intimates claim
this is deceptive, resulting from Scott's
habit of clamming up around casual ac
quaintances. In Navy parlance, friends
say, he "runs a taut ship" in the privacy
of his home.
"Scott is very conscious of the fact he
doesn't get to spend as much time with
his children as other fathers," says his
mother. "Yet he's a strict disciplinarian
with them. I think this is especially hard
for a father who has to be away from
home a lot and who has lost a young one."
Timmy,- the Carpenters' first-born, died
in 1951.
THE carpenters have succeeded so well
in sharing their lives that Rene doesn't
wait for husbandly instructions when a
crisis arises. For example, Scott had re
turned to service in 1949 and, after
Korean missions, became a Navy test
pilot in Maryland. He wanted desperately
to join the Mercury program, but felt he
had only a slim chance because he had so
little jet-flying experience 400 hours
compared with the 1.600 to 2,500 hours of
other astronauts.
Even more mortifying was his ap
proaching assignment two years of sea
duty aboard an aircraft carrier and,
worst of all. in a nonflying role. Just
before his ship was to leave. Rene re
ceived word at home that, despite Scott's
lack of jet experience, he could join Mer
cury if he was still interested. Rene didn't
hesitate: she wired his acceptance first,
informed Scott afterward.
The Carpenters live in a project-type
duplex a short distance from the Manned
Space Flight Center. They have four chil
dren, Mark Scott, 12, Robin Jay, 9, Kris
ten Elaine, 5, and Candace Noxon, 4. At
the end of this school term, they will move
to Houston, where the Space Center is be
ing relocated.
"I think all the astronauts' wives are
looking forward to the move," Rene says.
"It'll be something permanent to work on,
or so we hope. But we have so many other
things to think of now."
In this case, the "we" is quite appro
priate. As his mother and wife have said,
astronaut Scott Carpenter shares his life
with those he loves, and his coming ad
venture in space will be no exception.
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