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Swede

(38,726 posts) Mon Sep 7, 2020, 01:49 PM Sep 2020

Melvin, who was never afraid launching into space on two Space Shuttle Atlantis missions to help build the International Space Station, never knew what was going to happen when the cops pulled him over.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/31/us/leland-melvin-nasa-astronaut-scn-trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2f_Jr7ll4M6GejxTcbpQiM_cceltc-YCJ53ZXgEbblnxgNgCkHj9myw98

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A police stop could have cost former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin his career (Original Post) Swede Sep 2020 OP

K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2020 #1

How wonderful! niyad Sep 2020 #3

Love these type of human interest stories - thanks for posting. nt iluvtennis Sep 2020 #4

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1. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 01:52 PM

Sep 2020

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2. I love that he smuggled his puppers in for his official NASA portrait!

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 02:09 PM

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3. How wonderful!

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 04:00 PM

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4. Love these type of human interest stories - thanks for posting. nt

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 04:07 PM

Sep 2020

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5. K&R for great story and perspective. He'd be great in an ad or on the road with Biden/Harris.