The dude is just tops. Grew up in Harlem, lectured on physics by age 15, top class wrestler and ladies man, recruited by Carl Sagan at Cornell, Harvard/Columbia grad, consultant for countless organizations and just overall genius/badass.
Enjoy:
The dude is just tops. Grew up in Harlem, lectured on physics by age 15, top class wrestler and ladies man, recruited by Carl Sagan at Cornell, Harvard/Columbia grad, consultant for countless organizations and just overall genius/badass.
Enjoy:
doper
i dont have no respec for dopers
Oh lol did u think that was a clever response
yawn wrote:
doper
i dont have no respec for dopers
He grew up in the Bronx, not Harlem. Also, part of that time was spent in Riverdale - quite cushy surroundings. One parent was a gerontologist and the other was a sociologist, so he was not exactly dodging crack addicts on his way home or walking 2 miles to the public library to read books. But I agree, he is an impressive individual even if he did not grow up with the odds stacked against him.
narrative wrote:
He grew up in the Bronx, not Harlem. Also, part of that time was spent in Riverdale - quite cushy surroundings. One parent was a gerontologist and the other was a sociologist, so he was not exactly dodging crack addicts on his way home or walking 2 miles to the public library to read books. But I agree, he is an impressive individual even if he did not grow up with the odds stacked against him.
^This is correct.
Tyson has a need to build his image. He is a very smart guy, but his image building makes him look foolish.
What's next, the Neil-bot dance move? ... Oh, wait ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWUe2wkz1QCorrect ... wrote:
He is a very smart guy, but his image building makes him look foolish.
This. You have to respect the guy's intellect, but he leaves you wishing that he would use it more productively. Here is a recent opinion piece in the WSJ concerning the issue:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-scientific-regress-1461623898Tyson is to science as livestrong is to cancer.
Correct ... wrote:
narrative wrote:He grew up in the Bronx, not Harlem. Also, part of that time was spent in Riverdale - quite cushy surroundings. One parent was a gerontologist and the other was a sociologist, so he was not exactly dodging crack addicts on his way home or walking 2 miles to the public library to read books. But I agree, he is an impressive individual even if he did not grow up with the odds stacked against him.
^This is correct.
Tyson has a need to build his image. He is a very smart guy, but his image building makes him look foolish.
What's next, the Neil-bot dance move? ... Oh, wait ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWUe2wkz1Q
I am not sure what you mean, he writes, consults and is on TV a lot for a science guy, but I don't see that as promoting himself. He rarely talks about himself, he is promoting science. He is just taking advantage of the opportunities afforded him, he's doing what he enjoys and is paid to do. NDT has legit respect from the big names in the science world and most think what he's doing is a good thing. I would much rather see NDT talk about the universe than another stupid reality show. I have lots of respect for the scientists working on obscure projects in a lab, but we also need people like NDT who can talk about complicated things in a way that gets everyday people excited.
Btw, his bio focuses on the more public aspects of his life, but he's still involved in scientific studies and research projects. I heard him speak a long time ago, he spoke for nearly an hour without notes and talked about things in a very simple way that most of us barely understood. He spoke briefly about his life as a child, but didn't mentioned anything about his accomplishments. He was only supposed to speak for 30 minutes, but the people encouraged him to keep going. Afterwards, there were kids lined up to meet him like he was a rock star. How can anyone not like seeing kids excited about science?
No self promoting? You must have missed the remake of Cosmos, parts of which could have passed as his autobiography.
That clown is an affirmative action moron.
Neil is the man wrote:
The dude is just tops. Grew up in Harlem, lectured on physics by age 15, top class wrestler and ladies man, recruited by Carl Sagan at Cornell, Harvard/Columbia grad, consultant for countless organizations and just overall genius/badass.
Enjoy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson
Oh, please.
You want to see a resume that'll make you feel "insignificant," as you put it?
Consider:
* * * *
Story Musgrave (M.D.)
NASA Astronaut (Former)
PERSONAL DATA: Born August 19, 1935, in Boston, Massachusetts, but considers Lexington, Kentucky, to be his hometown. Single. Six children (one deceased). His hobbies are chess, flying, gardening, literary criticism, microcomputers, parachuting, photography, reading, running, scuba diving, and soaring.
EDUCATION: Graduated from St. Mark's School, Southborough, Massachusetts, in 1953; received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and statistics from Syracuse University in 1958, a master of business administration degree in operations analysis and computer programming from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1959, a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry from Marietta College in 1960, a doctorate in medicine from Columbia University in 1964, a master of science in physiology and biophysics from the University of Kentucky in 1966, and a master of arts in literature from the University of Houston in 1987.
ORGANIZATIONS: Member of Alpha Kappa Psi, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Beta Gamma Sigma, the Civil Aviation Medical Association, the Flying Physicians Association, the International Academy of Astronautics, the Marine Corps Aviation Association, the National Aeronautic Association, the National Aerospace Education Council, the National Geographic Society, the Navy League, the New York Academy of Sciences, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, the Soaring Club of Houston, the Soaring Society of America, and the United States Parachute Association.
SPECIAL HONORS: National Defense Service Medal and an Outstanding Unit Citation as a member of the United States Marine Corps Squadron VMA-212 (1954); United States Air Force Post-doctoral Fellowship (1965-1966); National Heart Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship (1966-1967); Reese Air Force Base Commander's Trophy (1969); American College of Surgeons I.S. Ravdin Lecture (1973); NASA Exceptional Service Medals (1974 & 1986); Flying Physicians Association Airman of the Year Award (1974 & 1983); NASA Space Flight Medals (1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996); NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1992).
EXPERIENCE: Musgrave entered the United States Marine Corps in 1953, served as an aviation electrician and instrument technician, and as an aircraft crew chief while completing duty assignments in Korea, Japan, Hawaii, and aboard the carrier USS WASP in the Far East.
He has flown 17,700 hours in 160 different types of civilian and military aircraft, including 7,500 hours in jet aircraft. He has earned FAA ratings for instructor, instrument instructor, glider instructor, and airline transport pilot, and U.S. Air Force Wings. An accomplished parachutist, he has made more than 500 free falls -- including over 100 experimental free-fall descents involved with the study of human aerodynamics.
Dr. Musgrave was employed as a mathematician and operations analyst by the Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, during 1958.
He served a surgical internship at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington from 1964 to 1965, and continued there as a U. S. Air Force post-doctoral fellow (1965-1966), working in aerospace medicine and physiology, and as a National Heart Institute post-doctoral fellow (1966-1967), teaching and doing research in cardiovascular and exercise physiology. From 1967 to 1989, he continued clinical and scientific training as a part-time surgeon at the Denver General Hospital and as a part-time professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.
He has written 25 scientific papers in the areas of aerospace medicine and physiology, temperature regulation, exercise physiology, and clinical surgery.
NASA EXPERIENCE: Dr. Musgrave was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967. He completed astronaut academic training and then worked on the design and development of the Skylab Program. He was the backup science-pilot for the first Skylab mission, and was a CAPCOM for the second and third Skylab missions. Dr. Musgrave participated in the design and development of all Space Shuttle extravehicular activity equipment including spacesuits, life support systems, airlocks, and manned maneuvering units. From 1979 to 1982, and 1983 to 1984, he was assigned as a test and verification pilot in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory at JSC. He served as a spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) for STS-31, STS-35, STS-36, STS-38 and STS-41, and lead CAPCOM for a number of subsequent flights. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 in 1983, STS-51F/Spacelab-2 in 1985, STS-33 in 1989 and STS-44 in 1991, was the payload commander on STS-61 in 1993, and a mission specialist on STS-80 in 1996. A veteran of six space flights, Dr. Musgrave has spent a total of 1,281 hours 59 minutes, 22 seconds in space. Dr. Musgrave left NASA in August 1997 to pursue private interests.
SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Dr. Musgrave first flew on STS-6, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 4, 1983, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on April 9, 1983. During this maiden voyage of Space Shuttle Challenger, the crew performed the first Shuttle deployment of an IUS/TDRS satellite, and Musgrave and Don Peterson conducted the first Space Shuttle extravehicular activity (EVA) to test the new space suits and construction and repair devices and procedures. Mission duration was 5 days, 23 minutes, 42 seconds.
On STS-51F/Spacelab-2, the crew aboard Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 29, 1985, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on August 6, 1985. This flight was the first pallet-only Spacelab mission, and the first mission to operate the Spacelab Instrument Pointing System (IPS). It carried 13 major experiments in astronomy, astrophysics, and life sciences. During this mission, Dr. Musgrave served as the systems engineer during launch and entry, and as a pilot during the orbital operations. Mission duration was 7 days, 22 hours, 45 minutes, 26 seconds.
On STS-33, he served aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, which launched at night from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on November 22, 1989. This classified mission operated payloads for the Department of Defense. Following 79 orbits, the mission concluded on November 27, 1989, with a landing at sunset on Runway 04 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Mission duration was 5 days, 7 minutes, 32 seconds.
STS-44 also launched at night on November 24, 1991. The primary mission objective was accomplished with the successful deployment of a Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite with an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) rocket booster. In addition the crew also conducted two Military Man in Space Experiments, three radiation monitoring experiments, and numerous medical tests to support longer duration Shuttle flights. The mission was concluded in 110 orbits of the Earth with Atlantis returning to a landing on the lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on December 1, 1991. Mission duration was 6 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes, 42 seconds.
STS-61 was the first Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing and repair mission. Following a night launch from Kennedy Space Center on December 2, 1993, the Endeavour rendezvoused with and captured the HST. During this 11-day flight, the HST was restored to its full capabilities through the work of two pairs of astronauts during a record 5 spacewalks. Dr. Musgrave performed 3 of these spacewalks. After having travelled 4,433,772 miles in 163 orbits of the Earth, Endeavour returned to a night landing in Florida on December 13, 1993. Mission duration was 10 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes.
On STS-80 (November 19 to December 7, 1996), the crew aboard Space Shuttle Columbia deployed and retrieved the Wake Shield Facility (WSF) and the Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer (ORFEUS) satellites. The free-flying WSF created a super vacuum in its wake in which to grow thin film wafers for use in semiconductors and the electronics industry. The ORFEUS instruments, mounted on the reusable Shuttle Pallet Satellite, studied the origin and makeup of stars. In completing this mission he logged a record 278 earth orbits, traveled over 7 million miles in 17 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes.
Camazotz wrote:
Neil is the man wrote:The dude is just tops. Grew up in Harlem, lectured on physics by age 15, top class wrestler and ladies man, recruited by Carl Sagan at Cornell, Harvard/Columbia grad, consultant for countless organizations and just overall genius/badass.
Enjoy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_TysonOh, please.
You want to see a resume that'll make you feel "insignificant," as you put it?
Consider:
* * * *
Story Musgrave (M.D.)
NASA Astronaut (Former)
PERSONAL DATA: Born August 19, 1935, in Boston, Massachusetts, but considers Lexington, Kentucky, to be his hometown. Single. Six children (one deceased). His hobbies are chess, flying, gardening, literary criticism, microcomputers, parachuting, photography, reading, running, scuba diving, and soaring.
EDUCATION: Graduated from St. Mark's School, Southborough, Massachusetts, in 1953; received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and statistics from Syracuse University in 1958, a master of business administration degree in operations analysis and computer programming from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1959, a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry from Marietta College in 1960, a doctorate in medicine from Columbia University in 1964, a master of science in physiology and biophysics from the University of Kentucky in 1966, and a master of arts in literature from the University of Houston in 1987.
ORGANIZATIONS: Member of Alpha Kappa Psi, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Beta Gamma Sigma, the Civil Aviation Medical Association, the Flying Physicians Association, the International Academy of Astronautics, the Marine Corps Aviation Association, the National Aeronautic Association, the National Aerospace Education Council, the National Geographic Society, the Navy League, the New York Academy of Sciences, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, the Soaring Club of Houston, the Soaring Society of America, and the United States Parachute Association.
SPECIAL HONORS: National Defense Service Medal and an Outstanding Unit Citation as a member of the United States Marine Corps Squadron VMA-212 (1954); United States Air Force Post-doctoral Fellowship (1965-1966); National Heart Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship (1966-1967); Reese Air Force Base Commander's Trophy (1969); American College of Surgeons I.S. Ravdin Lecture (1973); NASA Exceptional Service Medals (1974 & 1986); Flying Physicians Association Airman of the Year Award (1974 & 1983); NASA Space Flight Medals (1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996); NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1992).
EXPERIENCE: Musgrave entered the United States Marine Corps in 1953, served as an aviation electrician and instrument technician, and as an aircraft crew chief while completing duty assignments in Korea, Japan, Hawaii, and aboard the carrier USS WASP in the Far East.
He has flown 17,700 hours in 160 different types of civilian and military aircraft, including 7,500 hours in jet aircraft. He has earned FAA ratings for instructor, instrument instructor, glider instructor, and airline transport pilot, and U.S. Air Force Wings. An accomplished parachutist, he has made more than 500 free falls -- including over 100 experimental free-fall descents involved with the study of human aerodynamics.
Dr. Musgrave was employed as a mathematician and operations analyst by the Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, during 1958.
He served a surgical internship at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington from 1964 to 1965, and continued there as a U. S. Air Force post-doctoral fellow (1965-1966), working in aerospace medicine and physiology, and as a National Heart Institute post-doctoral fellow (1966-1967), teaching and doing research in cardiovascular and exercise physiology. From 1967 to 1989, he continued clinical and scientific training as a part-time surgeon at the Denver General Hospital and as a part-time professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.
He has written 25 scientific papers in the areas of aerospace medicine and physiology, temperature regulation, exercise physiology, and clinical surgery.
NASA EXPERIENCE: Dr. Musgrave was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967. He completed astronaut academic training and then worked on the design and development of the Skylab Program. He was the backup science-pilot for the first Skylab mission, and was a CAPCOM for the second and third Skylab missions. Dr. Musgrave participated in the design and development of all Space Shuttle extravehicular activity equipment including spacesuits, life support systems, airlocks, and manned maneuvering units. From 1979 to 1982, and 1983 to 1984, he was assigned as a test and verification pilot in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory at JSC. He served as a spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) for STS-31, STS-35, STS-36, STS-38 and STS-41, and lead CAPCOM for a number of subsequent flights. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 in 1983, STS-51F/Spacelab-2 in 1985, STS-33 in 1989 and STS-44 in 1991, was the payload commander on STS-61 in 1993, and a mission specialist on STS-80 in 1996. A veteran of six space flights, Dr. Musgrave has spent a total of 1,281 hours 59 minutes, 22 seconds in space. Dr. Musgrave left NASA in August 1997 to pursue private interests.
SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Dr. Musgrave first flew on STS-6, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 4, 1983, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on April 9, 1983. During this maiden voyage of Space Shuttle Challenger, the crew performed the first Shuttle deployment of an IUS/TDRS satellite, and Musgrave and Don Peterson conducted the first Space Shuttle extravehicular activity (EVA) to test the new space suits and construction and repair devices and procedures. Mission duration was 5 days, 23 minutes, 42 seconds.
On STS-51F/Spacelab-2, the crew aboard Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 29, 1985, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on August 6, 1985. This flight was the first pallet-only Spacelab mission, and the first mission to operate the Spacelab Instrument Pointing System (IPS). It carried 13 major experiments in astronomy, astrophysics, and life sciences. During this mission, Dr. Musgrave served as the systems engineer during launch and entry, and as a pilot during the orbital operations. Mission duration was 7 days, 22 hours, 45 minutes, 26 seconds.
On STS-33, he served aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, which launched at night from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on November 22, 1989. This classified mission operated payloads for the Department of Defense. Following 79 orbits, the mission concluded on November 27, 1989, with a landing at sunset on Runway 04 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Mission duration was 5 days, 7 minutes, 32 seconds.
STS-44 also launched at night on November 24, 1991. The primary mission objective was accomplished with the successful deployment of a Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite with an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) rocket booster. In addition the crew also conducted two Military Man in Space Experiments, three radiation monitoring experiments, and numerous medical tests to support longer duration Shuttle flights. The mission was concluded in 110 orbits of the Earth with Atlantis returning to a landing on the lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on December 1, 1991. Mission duration was 6 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes, 42 seconds.
STS-61 was the first Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing and repair mission. Following a night launch from Kennedy Space Center on December 2, 1993, the Endeavour rendezvoused with and captured the HST. During this 11-day flight, the HST was restored to its full capabilities through the work of two pairs of astronauts during a record 5 spacewalks. Dr. Musgrave performed 3 of these spacewalks. After having travelled 4,433,772 miles in 163 orbits of the Earth, Endeavour returned to a night landing in Florida on December 13, 1993. Mission duration was 10 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes.
On STS-80 (November 19 to December 7, 1996), the crew aboard Space Shuttle Columbia deployed and retrieved the Wake Shield Facility (WSF) and the Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer (ORFEUS) satellites. The free-flying WSF created a super vacuum in its wake in which to grow thin film wafers for use in semiconductors and the electronics industry. The ORFEUS instruments, mounted on the reusable Shuttle Pallet Satellite, studied the origin and makeup of stars. In completing this mission he logged a record 278 earth orbits, traveled over 7 million miles in 17 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes.
How fast does he run 5K?
Yet another NdT ass-licking thread?
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6165052
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5715447
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6043699
What so fascinating about this affirmative action product?
Actually he's a phony who talks about science, but doesn't actually do any. Being a member of a lot of organizations isn't really an accomplishment. White people love to make public displays of themselves praising him--what the OP really means to say is "LOOK HOW NOT RACIST I AM!" When was the last time this guy actually made any discoveries or published a paper on physics?
recognizer of no substance wrote:
Yet another NdT ass-licking thread?
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6165052http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5715447http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6043699What so fascinating about this affirmative action product?
you mad, bro?
Sorry but this was back in the 60s where an adult white male could go do all this if he wanted to without nearly as much difficulty as now/80s-90s even.
Camazotz wrote:
Neil is the man wrote:The dude is just tops. Grew up in Harlem, lectured on physics by age 15, top class wrestler and ladies man, recruited by Carl Sagan at Cornell, Harvard/Columbia grad, consultant for countless organizations and just overall genius/badass.
Enjoy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_TysonOh, please.
You want to see a resume that'll make you feel "insignificant," as you put it?
Consider:
* * * *
Story Musgrave (M.D.)
NASA Astronaut (Former)
PERSONAL DATA: Born August 19, 1935, in Boston, Massachusetts, but considers Lexington, Kentucky, to be his hometown. Single. Six children (one deceased). His hobbies are chess, flying, gardening, literary criticism, microcomputers, parachuting, photography, reading, running, scuba diving, and soaring.
EDUCATION: Graduated from St. Mark's School, Southborough, Massachusetts, in 1953; received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics and statistics from Syracuse University in 1958, a master of business administration degree in operations analysis and computer programming from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1959, a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry from Marietta College in 1960, a doctorate in medicine from Columbia University in 1964, a master of science in physiology and biophysics from the University of Kentucky in 1966, and a master of arts in literature from the University of Houston in 1987.
ORGANIZATIONS: Member of Alpha Kappa Psi, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Beta Gamma Sigma, the Civil Aviation Medical Association, the Flying Physicians Association, the International Academy of Astronautics, the Marine Corps Aviation Association, the National Aeronautic Association, the National Aerospace Education Council, the National Geographic Society, the Navy League, the New York Academy of Sciences, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, the Soaring Club of Houston, the Soaring Society of America, and the United States Parachute Association.
SPECIAL HONORS: National Defense Service Medal and an Outstanding Unit Citation as a member of the United States Marine Corps Squadron VMA-212 (1954); United States Air Force Post-doctoral Fellowship (1965-1966); National Heart Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship (1966-1967); Reese Air Force Base Commander's Trophy (1969); American College of Surgeons I.S. Ravdin Lecture (1973); NASA Exceptional Service Medals (1974 & 1986); Flying Physicians Association Airman of the Year Award (1974 & 1983); NASA Space Flight Medals (1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996); NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1992).
EXPERIENCE: Musgrave entered the United States Marine Corps in 1953, served as an aviation electrician and instrument technician, and as an aircraft crew chief while completing duty assignments in Korea, Japan, Hawaii, and aboard the carrier USS WASP in the Far East.
He has flown 17,700 hours in 160 different types of civilian and military aircraft, including 7,500 hours in jet aircraft. He has earned FAA ratings for instructor, instrument instructor, glider instructor, and airline transport pilot, and U.S. Air Force Wings. An accomplished parachutist, he has made more than 500 free falls -- including over 100 experimental free-fall descents involved with the study of human aerodynamics.
Dr. Musgrave was employed as a mathematician and operations analyst by the Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, during 1958.
He served a surgical internship at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington from 1964 to 1965, and continued there as a U. S. Air Force post-doctoral fellow (1965-1966), working in aerospace medicine and physiology, and as a National Heart Institute post-doctoral fellow (1966-1967), teaching and doing research in cardiovascular and exercise physiology. From 1967 to 1989, he continued clinical and scientific training as a part-time surgeon at the Denver General Hospital and as a part-time professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.
He has written 25 scientific papers in the areas of aerospace medicine and physiology, temperature regulation, exercise physiology, and clinical surgery.
NASA EXPERIENCE: Dr. Musgrave was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967. He completed astronaut academic training and then worked on the design and development of the Skylab Program. He was the backup science-pilot for the first Skylab mission, and was a CAPCOM for the second and third Skylab missions. Dr. Musgrave participated in the design and development of all Space Shuttle extravehicular activity equipment including spacesuits, life support systems, airlocks, and manned maneuvering units. From 1979 to 1982, and 1983 to 1984, he was assigned as a test and verification pilot in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory at JSC. He served as a spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) for STS-31, STS-35, STS-36, STS-38 and STS-41, and lead CAPCOM for a number of subsequent flights. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 in 1983, STS-51F/Spacelab-2 in 1985, STS-33 in 1989 and STS-44 in 1991, was the payload commander on STS-61 in 1993, and a mission specialist on STS-80 in 1996. A veteran of six space flights, Dr. Musgrave has spent a total of 1,281 hours 59 minutes, 22 seconds in space. Dr. Musgrave left NASA in August 1997 to pursue private interests.
SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Dr. Musgrave first flew on STS-6, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 4, 1983, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on April 9, 1983. During this maiden voyage of Space Shuttle Challenger, the crew performed the first Shuttle deployment of an IUS/TDRS satellite, and Musgrave and Don Peterson conducted the first Space Shuttle extravehicular activity (EVA) to test the new space suits and construction and repair devices and procedures. Mission duration was 5 days, 23 minutes, 42 seconds.
On STS-51F/Spacelab-2, the crew aboard Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 29, 1985, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on August 6, 1985. This flight was the first pallet-only Spacelab mission, and the first mission to operate the Spacelab Instrument Pointing System (IPS). It carried 13 major experiments in astronomy, astrophysics, and life sciences. During this mission, Dr. Musgrave served as the systems engineer during launch and entry, and as a pilot during the orbital operations. Mission duration was 7 days, 22 hours, 45 minutes, 26 seconds.
On STS-33, he served aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, which launched at night from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on November 22, 1989. This classified mission operated payloads for the Department of Defense. Following 79 orbits, the mission concluded on November 27, 1989, with a landing at sunset on Runway 04 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Mission duration was 5 days, 7 minutes, 32 seconds.
STS-44 also launched at night on November 24, 1991. The primary mission objective was accomplished with the successful deployment of a Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite with an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) rocket booster. In addition the crew also conducted two Military Man in Space Experiments, three radiation monitoring experiments, and numerous medical tests to support longer duration Shuttle flights. The mission was concluded in 110 orbits of the Earth with Atlantis returning to a landing on the lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on December 1, 1991. Mission duration was 6 days, 22 hours, 50 minutes, 42 seconds.
STS-61 was the first Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing and repair mission. Following a night launch from Kennedy Space Center on December 2, 1993, the Endeavour rendezvoused with and captured the HST. During this 11-day flight, the HST was restored to its full capabilities through the work of two pairs of astronauts during a record 5 spacewalks. Dr. Musgrave performed 3 of these spacewalks. After having travelled 4,433,772 miles in 163 orbits of the Earth, Endeavour returned to a night landing in Florida on December 13, 1993. Mission duration was 10 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes.
On STS-80 (November 19 to December 7, 1996), the crew aboard Space Shuttle Columbia deployed and retrieved the Wake Shield Facility (WSF) and the Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer (ORFEUS) satellites. The free-flying WSF created a super vacuum in its wake in which to grow thin film wafers for use in semiconductors and the electronics industry. The ORFEUS instruments, mounted on the reusable Shuttle Pallet Satellite, studied the origin and makeup of stars. In completing this mission he logged a record 278 earth orbits, traveled over 7 million miles in 17 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes.
TrackCoach wrote:
Correct ... wrote:^This is correct.
Tyson has a need to build his image. He is a very smart guy, but his image building makes him look foolish.
What's next, the Neil-bot dance move? ... Oh, wait ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWUe2wkz1QI am not sure what you mean, he writes, consults and is on TV a lot for a science guy, but I don't see that as promoting himself. He rarely talks about himself, he is promoting science. He is just taking advantage of the opportunities afforded him, he's doing what he enjoys and is paid to do. NDT has legit respect from the big names in the science world and most think what he's doing is a good thing. I would much rather see NDT talk about the universe than another stupid reality show. I have lots of respect for the scientists working on obscure projects in a lab, but we also need people like NDT who can talk about complicated things in a way that gets everyday people excited.
Btw, his bio focuses on the more public aspects of his life, but he's still involved in scientific studies and research projects. I heard him speak a long time ago, he spoke for nearly an hour without notes and talked about things in a very simple way that most of us barely understood. He spoke briefly about his life as a child, but didn't mentioned anything about his accomplishments. He was only supposed to speak for 30 minutes, but the people encouraged him to keep going. Afterwards, there were kids lined up to meet him like he was a rock star. How can anyone not like seeing kids excited about science?
That is his real genius. He makes science look cool and that is more than worth doing. Kids already have enough big name athletes and other 'entertainers' to look up to and admire. NDT gives them a science 'nerd' to look up to and admire.
Neil is the man wrote:
The dude is just tops. Grew up in Harlem, lectured on physics by age 15, top class wrestler and ladies man, recruited by Carl Sagan at Cornell, Harvard/Columbia grad, consultant for countless organizations and just overall genius/badass.
Enjoy:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson
I was shocked at a recent tweet of his making equivalent GMOs and natural selection.
What kind of b@st@rd scientist insidiously belittles the significance of the taxonomical scientific classification system? Kingdom, order... Class, family, phyla, genus, etc
Can't even remember all the categories.
With modern genetic modification, we use bacterial and viral vectors, invasive mechanical technology, and utterly violate the boundaries of these categories.
Monsanto, among others, on top of carrying thus out, have revolving doors with government, persecute critics, corrupt law and intellectual property, and seek to hold the world hostage. And deny and misrepresent the magnitude of what they are doing. Pretty soon, we could have a future where Monsanto critics are monitored by gocernmenr surveillance and are framed, institutionalized, persecuted and jailed, with Government (as opposed to private) resources .
Idiot de grasse tyson claimed the extreme works of modern GMO were equivalent to the workings of mother nature. False for the speed, scale and intensity even when comparing viral and bacterial epidemics. And false for most of biological history.
And the Monsanto defenders make equivalent farming breeding and animal husbandry, within species or closely related boundaries,
To the extreme modifications they are doing.
This is what happens when we have an unquestioned mass culture and mass educational system , without reflection and full of greed . Talented scientists who are obedient to authority, can't think for themselves, and don't understand philosophy of science and logic, so their nerd powers amount to irresponsibility.
This guy is a totally bloated ego, who thinks he's a spokesperson for fields beyond his scope. And insecure nerds and middle class idiots like to give him preferential treatment. Obey the establishment! Everything will turn out all right!
rebel ro wrote:
TrackCoach wrote:I am not sure what you mean, he writes, consults and is on TV a lot for a science guy, but I don't see that as promoting himself. He rarely talks about himself, he is promoting science. He is just taking advantage of the opportunities afforded him, he's doing what he enjoys and is paid to do. NDT has legit respect from the big names in the science world and most think what he's doing is a good thing. I would much rather see NDT talk about the universe than another stupid reality show. I have lots of respect for the scientists working on obscure projects in a lab, but we also need people like NDT who can talk about complicated things in a way that gets everyday people excited.
Btw, his bio focuses on the more public aspects of his life, but he's still involved in scientific studies and research projects. I heard him speak a long time ago, he spoke for nearly an hour without notes and talked about things in a very simple way that most of us barely understood. He spoke briefly about his life as a child, but didn't mentioned anything about his accomplishments. He was only supposed to speak for 30 minutes, but the people encouraged him to keep going. Afterwards, there were kids lined up to meet him like he was a rock star. How can anyone not like seeing kids excited about science?
That is his real genius. He makes science look cool and that is more than worth doing. Kids already have enough big name athletes and other 'entertainers' to look up to and admire. NDT gives them a science 'nerd' to look up to and admire.
You morons are failures as parents. Science and history would look cool if you gathered and chronicled the righteous heroes with dazzling fidelity and magnificent art. But foolish middle class parents, who rushed into marriage, and start families expecting prefab society to take care of everything, have no knowledge of these heroes. So you denigrate science and human history with the contemporary false heroes of today. This is so much what is wrong with today's society and our sports stars, TV and movie celebrities, and other public figures. It's blasphemy in the secular sense. unthinking ants in the vast machine
So while hollowood and corporate media churn out sludge, you arrogant parents and professionals mock art. "Art and film is a waste of time, phony major, not a real job, etc" But without art, how will the righteous heroes, intellectuals and true scientists of the past, be glorified? And without such glory, glory itself will be lost. Teaching and virtue will be lost as well.
Is this generation without discernment, as Jesus Christ lamented? Who can't distinguish a resume of virtue from a resume of stock?
works for nasa is all need to know.....
liars and frauds ...
how many men walked on the moon ?
and not the 12 they teach in your schools .
i hope ya know that scientifically no way did anybody set foot
on the moon .
still brave men that stuck in a tin can for 10 days before came back to
terra firma and lied their ass off.
like did you see any stars on the moon buzz , no i dont think so !!!!!!!
nasa did come up with many tech advances but going to moon aint one .
your goverment continue to lie to you until the every end.