Jose M. Hernandez

American engineer and astronaut

Jose M. Hernandez is remembered in technology for work that changed what came after it.

The record lists Jose M. Hernandez as American engineer and astronaut.

Jose M. Hernandez was born at French Camp in 1962. His recorded nationality is the United States. He was educated at University of the Pacific and University of California, Santa Barbara.

Modern careers are conducted in public and at speed, with reputations formed and revised far faster than the work itself changes.

The record gives his occupations as astronaut, engineer and businessperson.

His affiliations include National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.

His work was formally recognised with the Ohtli Award.

Working from the United States shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.

Jose M. Hernandez is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.

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