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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_McNair

Died during the Challenger disaster. Rest in power.

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[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The middle school I went to was also named after him. Didn't know about him being a karate champion too!

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And a saxophone player good enough to arouse the interest of a professional musician. Man's bio reads like he cheated at character creation. It really is amazing.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 20 points 3 months ago

That's just astronauts for ya

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

My son starts middle school next week at a middle school named after him!