Army Colonel/Astronaut
Colonel Tim Kopra is a Mission Specialist on the Endeavor space shuttle which lifts off today. I’m really pleased about this because Tim and I went to flight school at Fort Rucker at the same time (’85-86). Back then, a lot of my fellow pilots aspired to become astronauts. It seemed ridiculously ambitious at the time, but Tim actually achieved it. As they say in the Army, “Commendable!” (COL Kopra is on the far right in this NASA photo.) Godspeed, Endeavor Crew.
At this link, click on the hot spot in the sky to see an interview with COL Kopra
http://www.goarmy.com/home/vw/index.jsp
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http://www.facebook.com/usarmyastronauts
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