Andrew J. Feustel: Astronaut, Hubble mechanic, car guy
Sometime today, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis are scheduled to begin fitting the Hubble telescope with three new gyroscopes. But why does Autoblog care? Well, apart from the fact that the whole mission is super cool, one of the galactic grease monkeys wielding a wrench today will be Andrew J. Feustel. He's one of us car guys who really wanted to be an astronaut and found a way to make it happen.His official NASA bio reads like your typical lab-coat-wearing science geek. He graduated from Purdue with an M.S. in geophysics and from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario with a Ph.D. in geological sciences. Under "Organizations" he lists membership in the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the American Geophysical Union and, to top it off, the BMW Car Club of America.
ABC's World News Tonight interviewed Feustel in his garage as he worked on his M3. In the background is the 1966 Austin Healy he gave his wife. To help pay for his college education, Feustel restored old cars. His son races karts. In short, Feustel is one of us. He's a car guy. And today, he'll be looking for 4mm sockets several miles above the planet.
Good like Andrew. If you get time, we'd love to get our first comment from outer space.
[Source: ABC World News Tonight]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Wobbly_ears 2:37PM (5/14/2009)
OMG!!! Obama clone in space!!!!!!!
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paul34 3:00PM (5/14/2009)
Obama's a science degree holding petrolhead?
Protzenegger 2:36PM (5/14/2009)
Make that several HUNDRED miles. Livin' the dream, in short.
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techgeek 2:45PM (5/14/2009)
Greatest M3 ever built by BMW!!!! S14!!!
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larry a 6:59PM (5/14/2009)
E30 M3 is God's chariot, everyone knows that by now.
Timothy Collins 4:04PM (5/14/2009)
". . . interviewed Feustel in his garage as he worked on his M3. In the background is the 1966 Austin Healy he gave his wife. "
Umm, that would be an Austin HEALEY Sprite that he gave his wife.
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Throwback 4:12PM (5/14/2009)
Car guys are always cool. At least we like to think so.
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Paul 4:17PM (5/14/2009)
No, generally we are huge dorks.
Phil L. 4:21PM (5/14/2009)
BTW, "Austin Healy" should be "Austin Healey". Yeah, I'm another One Of Us...
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Mason 4:29PM (5/14/2009)
E30! E30!
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Shift 11:37AM (5/15/2009)
I live about 25 minutes from Queens University, haha. Just thought that was cool. :)
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Daniel 1:20AM (5/15/2009)
well he certainly chose the best car ever.
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Galley 9:49AM (5/15/2009)
The Hubble repair mission is the ultimate fix-it job.
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