Paul W. Richards

American engineer and NASA astronaut

In the history of technology, Paul W. Richards is one of the names that keeps returning.

The record lists Paul W. Richards as American engineer and NASA astronaut.

Paul W. Richards was born at Scranton in 1964. His recorded nationality is the United States. He was educated at Drexel University and Dunmore High School.

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.

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

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.

Paul W. Richards is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.

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