Michael J. Massimino belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Michael J. Massimino as astronaut, engineer.
Michael J. Massimino was born at New York City in 1962. His recorded nationality is the United States. He was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Modern careers are conducted in public and at speed, with reputations formed and revised far faster than the work itself changes.
Michael J. Massimino is described as engineer, astronaut and docent.
His affiliations include IBM, Rice University and National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The engineer's achievement usually disappears into infrastructure, which is the point.
His recorded fields of work are spaceflight, astronautics and space exploration.
His work was formally recognised with the NASA Space Flight Medal.
That the work was done from the United States matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Michael J. Massimino is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Affiliated with IBM, Rice University and National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School
- Worked as engineer, astronaut and docent
