What’s going on here? Sideburns and Leisure Suit are actually showing astronaut Story Musgrave (yes, Story!) a fancy new shuttle vehicle at the Johnson Space Center in 1976. Chemist Robert Clarke and physiologist Charles Sawin assess Story’s reaction, hoping he doesn’t spill his morning coffee. Story will turn 85 next month, still the most formally educated astronaut with six academic degrees.
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What a great name.
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Yep!
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Six degrees! Wowzer. I have two degrees and contemplated getting a PhD but didn’t even embark on applying. Now I feel like such an under-achiever. Also, if car manufacturers had been involved in NASA developments, there for sure would have been cup holders all over every shuttle. Finally, Story Musgrave is a great name.
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Isn’t it? Surely he’s the only one. I only have two degrees, so you have overachieved me by a mile. Or a meter. Or whatever it is.
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Well two degrees prove meaningless when trying to help my sons with their school work so I am not sure how impressive any of this is in reality.
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My husband’s family and I went to see him in Austin in 2009. Musgrave gave an incredible presentation with stellar slides. His energy, intelligence, and accomplishments (saving the Hubble telescope, for example) were inspiring. After the program he visited with us and let us take pics of him. You can Google his talks, such as this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dKrJLB2OkE. Long(er) may he live!
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Cool Story! Imagine how many degrees he could have collected had he been a distance learner in the time of COVID!
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Lol. If he’s anything like my teen, he wouldn’t have learned anything at all through months of social distancing. I sure don’t want my doctor to have a distance learning degree.
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I’m not sure how many Dr.s we’re going to have left at the end of this! Sadly.
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Thanks for your constant exploration to our benefit, Kerbey.
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It’s easier than going to space!
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