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Published online 8 July 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050704-12
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Getting back on the horse
Tony Reichhardt talks to former astronaut George 'Pinky' Nelson about flying the shuttle after an accident, and the future for NASA.
Three-time shuttle astronaut George "Pinky" Nelson had the unique experience of flying the missions immediately before and after the 1986 Challenger accident, which saw a space shuttle dramatically break apart on lift-off. An astrophysicist by training, Nelson left NASA in 1989 and now directs the Science, Mathematics and Technology Education programme at Western Washington University in Bellingham.
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