Susan Kilrain made a career in technology at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Susan Kilrain as American engineer, US Navy officer, and astronaut.
Susan Kilrain was born at Augusta in 1961. Her recorded nationality is the United States. She was educated at Georgia Tech and Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University.
Modern careers are conducted in public and at speed, with reputations formed and revised far faster than the work itself changes.
The record gives her occupations as united states naval aviator, astronaut and engineer.
Her affiliations include National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
Working from the United States shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have her, the language the work first appeared in.
Susan Kilrain is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Affiliated with National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Educated at Georgia Tech, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University and United States Naval Test Pilot School
- Worked as United States Naval Aviator, astronaut and engineer
