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Flying in space is risky. It will never be safe, and the best thing we can do is manage those risks. It's important for people, for human beings, to be in space because they're adaptable and because they're not pre-programmed software that can go off and do tasks that are appropriate for machines.
~ Alan G. Poindexter
Adaptable
Appropriate
Because
Beings
Best
Flying
Go
Human
Human Beings
Important
Machines
Manage
Never
Off
People
Risks
Risky
Safe
Software
Space
Tasks
Thing
Those
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I feel privileged and honored to have flown. It's been a tremendous ride, looking back on the legacy and accomplishments, like the Hubble telescope and the launching of the International Space Station in 1998.
~ Alan G. Poindexter
Accomplishments
Back
Been
Feel
Flown
Honored
Hubble
I Feel
International
International Space Station
Launching
Legacy
Like
Looking
Looking Back
Privileged
Ride
Space
Space Station
Station
Telescope
Tremendous
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I flew fighters for the Navy in San Diego for three years, went and did my post-graduate education, and then I was a test pilot in Patuxent River, Maryland, for a few years. I was back in the fleet in the Navy when I was selected to come back here to NASA to become an astronaut.
~ Alan G. Poindexter
Astronaut
Back
Become
Come
Did
Diego
Education
Few
Fighters
Fleet
Flew
Here
Maryland
NASA
Navy
Pilot
River
San
San Diego
Selected
Test
Test Pilot
Then
Three
Years
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I grew up in a Navy family, and like most service families, we traveled a lot and moved a lot. I grew up on both coasts and in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., in Rockville, Maryland, and have had a great time doing it.
~ Alan G. Poindexter
Both
Doing
Families
Family
Great
Great Time
Grew
Had
Like
Lot
Maryland
Most
Moved
Navy
Service
Suburbs
Time
Traveled
Up
Washington
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I was a typical American boy. I did a lot of outdoor activities, played a lot outside with my friends, loved to go the beach, liked to hike, boating and fishing, and I flew a lot of model airplanes as well.
~ Alan G. Poindexter
Activities
Airplane
American
Beach
Boy
Did
Fishing
Flew
Friends
Go
Hike
Liked
Lot
Loved
Model
Outdoor
Outside
Played
Typical
Well
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I was influenced by many, many different people in my student years, and I was always, I guess, immersed in a Navy environment, and so, obviously, that had a big impact when I decided what I wanted to do was go and be a Navy pilot. I was very familiar with the Navy community and felt very comfortable with it.
~ Alan G. Poindexter
Always
Big
Big Impact
Comfortable
Community
Decided
Different
Different People
Environment
Familiar
Felt
Go
Guess
Had
Immersed
Impact
Influenced
Many
Navy
Obviously
People
Pilot
Student
Very
Wanted
Years
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I'm really hopeful about the future of space exploration and human spaceflight. Civilization as we know it has been defined by exploration. You know, we need to go off and find out what's around the next corner and what's just beyond what we already know. It's part of our being; it's part of our moral fiber to go off and explore.
~ Alan G. Poindexter
About
Around
Been
Being
Beyond
Civilization
Corner
Defined
Exploration
Explore
Fiber
Find
Future
Go
Has-Been
Hopeful
Human
Just
Know
Moral
Need
Next
Off
Our
Out
Part
Really
Space
Space Exploration
You
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Moving around a lot allows you to experience many different cultures and learn about the ways that different people in different parts of the country live, and it probably made me somewhat more adventuresome and allowed me to meet my future wife in Pensacola.
~ Alan G. Poindexter
About
Allowed
Around
Country
Cultures
Different
Different Cultures
Different Parts
Different People
Experience
Future
Learn
Live
Lot
Made
Many
Me
Meet
More
Moving
Parts
People
Somewhat
Ways
Wife
You
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My job during the EVAs, the spacewalks, is to act as the inside coordinator. I remain on the aft flight deck of the shuttle, and I act in a manner to help the gentlemen outside, my fellow crewmates, who are performing the EVA tasks.
~ Alan G. Poindexter
Act
Deck
Eva
Fellow
Flight
Gentlemen
Help
Inside
Job
Manner
Outside
Performing
Remain
Shuttle
Tasks
Who
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When you see the orbiter headed out the launch pad and then crawling up the hill and being hard down on the pad, it does something to you.
~ Alan G. Poindexter
Being
Crawling
Does
Down
Hard
Headed
Hill
Launch
Out
Pad
See
Something
Then
Up
You
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Alan G. Poindexter
Profession
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BirthDate
05 November, 1961
DeathDate
01 July, 2012
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United States
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