President John F. Kennedy & Astronaut Wife Martha Chaffee

If President John F. Kennedy had lived to serve his two terms as President, he would have met Roger Chaffee, one of three astronauts chosen for the launch of Apollo 1 in early 1967, the first Apollo spacecraft of President Kennedy's goal to land a man on the moon before the end of the 1960's. 

President Kennedy had a keen eye for beauty in a woman.

Roger Chaffee would have been invited to meet President Kennedy in the White House with his wife and two young children, as the Mercury and Gemini NASA astronauts were, including Rene Carpenter (wife of astronaut Scott Carpenter), an attractive blonde who had been President Kennedy's personal favorite of the astronaut wives, up till then...

But if JFK set eyes on Martha Chaffee in 1967, he would have been knocked out by her matchless beauty!

Martha Chaffee would have become JFK's 

absolute favorite astronaut wife!

 

Astronaut Michael Collins (Apollo 11) raved about Martha Chaffee in his book, "Carrying the Fire"!

"Of all the astronaut wives, Martha stood out. Usually Martha stood out because of her beauty. She had everything: the healthy cheeriness of a college cheerleader, wide cheekbones, a perfect chin, a model's poise, an athlete's trim body.

Of all the astronaut wives, Martha Chaffee stood out in a group, her bronzed blondness shining like the Cape of Good Hope beacon.

Besides all that, she had a good head - optimistic, bright, helpful to Roger in his zany new career.."