Who Could Ever Compete With The Moon? The True Stories Of The Astronaut Wives Club

The Husbands Weren’t Always Faithful

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While the spotlight was turned onto the wives, it was the husbands who had the potential to create a huge scandal. NASA went to great lengths to sweep anything racy under the rug, including their infamous escapades at Cape Canaveral.

Far away from their wives in Texas, the astronauts were living it up at the Cape, an “off-limits playground” full to the brim with groupies that wanted nothing more than to please their heroes. From stewardesses to hotel clerks and waitresses, the men couldn’t go anywhere without women throwing themselves at them. A lot of them took the bait, thinking their wives would never find out…