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Stephen Robinson

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Astronaut

The Resume

    (October 26, 1955- )
    Student co-op at NASA's Ames Research Center (1975)
    Research scientist at NASA Ames (1979)
    Earned doctorate degree in mechanical engineering at Stanford University
    Selected as an astronaut (December 1994)
    Performed the first in-flight external repair of a space shuttle (August 3, 2005)

Why he might be annoying:

    He still has NASA pamphlets he received during a county fair as a child.
    He took the space-cadet lunch box he had as a kid with him into space.
    He spent most of his teen years building hang gliders and studying math.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He plays lead guitar in a band.
    He was able to go into space with his childhood hero, John Glenn (October 29, 1998).
    When asked if there was anything that dampened his enthusiasm for space travel, he responded, 'Absolutely not. No. I am, personally completely committed to trying to bring human beings, into the next frontier.'
    He has logged over 500 hours in space.
    In an unrehearsed maneuver, he successfully performed the first in-flight external repair of a space shuttle as he dangled from the space station's robotics arm (August 3, 2005).

Credit: Captain Howdy


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 241 Votes: 53.53% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 39.13% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 54 Votes: 42.59% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 79 Votes: 36.71% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 115 Votes: 48.70% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 202 Votes: 41.58% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 712 Votes: 42.70% Annoying