# The pilot of the shuttle is from my home town

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 11, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pilot-of-the-shuttle-is-from-my-home-town/57561 "2001-03-11T18:15:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pilot-of-the-shuttle-is-from-my-home-town/57561/1 "2001-03-11T18:15:20Z")

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Kelly

I don’t know the guy and little about him but it’s kind of neat.

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**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pilot-of-the-shuttle-is-from-my-home-town/57561/2 "2001-03-12T13:52:49Z")

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It’s neat knowing, or almost knowing, a famous person. My wife went to school with Jerry Linenger, the US astronaut who was on board Mir when the fire broke out. We didn’t get an invitation to come visit, though - she didn’t know him that well, I guess.