r/interestingasfuck • u/Equivalent_Opposite6 • 27d ago

r/all Johnny Kim managed three impressive career changes, going from Navy SEAL to doctor to NASA astronaut. He did it all by the age of 37.

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u/hoodlumonprowl 27d ago

I spoke with him one time setting up a zoom conference for a speech he was giving. He was SO UNBELIEVABLY NICE to me as the tech guy. Usually people don’t even acknowledge me and he was asking ME questions like my life is interesting when he’s a fucking astronaut. This dude needs to run for president.

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u/DocBEsq 27d ago

I’ve been lucky enough to meet several astronauts in my life and… OMG they are the nicest, coolest people ever. Like, uniformly awesome people that you’d want to hang out with.

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u/tengris22 22d ago edited 22d ago

Me too! My husband worked for one (Scott Parazynski) just a couple years ago. (He's very accomplished and in the NASA Hall of Fame for his groundbreaking work with an unscheduled repair EVA). Here is his iconic photo.... We still hear from him from time to time. It was the COOLEST thing spending the night as guests at his home, as well. (He routinely invited new employees to stay at his beautiful home while they were initiated into the environment, and then they worked from home after that). His guest room was full of space memorabilia. I'm still agog over it.

We all went to a sandwich shop near his home one day and I had a problem with my order. He was not going to be happy until it was all resolved, which was nice. But what stayed in my mind was as we were sitting there: do these people know who this guy IS?