Mike Hopkins (astronaut)

American astronaut (born 1968)

Mike Hopkins (astronaut) belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.

The record lists Mike Hopkins (astronaut) as American astronaut (born 1968).

Mike Hopkins (astronaut) was born at Lebanon in 1968. His recorded nationality is the United States. He was educated at Stanford University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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

Mike Hopkins (astronaut) is described as air force officer, astronaut and test pilot.

His affiliations include National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

The engineer's achievement usually disappears into infrastructure, which is the point.

His work was formally recognised with the NASA Distinguished Service 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.

Mike Hopkins (astronaut) is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.

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