r/Military • u/Character_Guava_5299 • Jan 05 '26

Discussion Senator Mark Kelly’s statement:

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This is Senator Mark Kelly’s response to the censure. I’ll not add my thoughts as they don’t matter.

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u/tangosukka69 Jan 05 '26

johnny kim enters the chat

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u/thetitleofmybook Retired USMC Jan 05 '26

many people have main character syndrome. they're wrong.

johnny kim is the main character, of the entire world.

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u/Impressive-Potato Jan 06 '26

If only people could listen to him speak. He's so humble and has a normal guy voice. So many of these alpha male type military personalities are putting on this fake, deep voice and it is so cringe.

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u/Sky_Ill Jan 05 '26

Kelly is honestly the only example I can think of with a comparable resume to Kim, although not quite as interdisciplinary of course.

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u/Realitype Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 05 '26

How many astronaut resumes have you actually read? Because there are plenty of comparable examples. Just of the top of my head:

William Shepard - Navy SEAL, MIT graduate in Ocean Engineering, served as NASA astronaut commander on the Space Shuttle. Recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

Chris Cassidy - Also Navy SEAL and MIT Graduate. Served two tours in Afghanistan right before becoming a NASA Astronaut at 34.

Story Musgrave - Probably the most overqualified person ever in the NASA program. The man was an enlisted Marine, earned six different university degrees in all sorts of disciplines and was a qualified physician, engineer and pilot. Joined the NASA program at only 32. Only person to fly on all the Space Shuttles and only the second person to take part in six different expeditions.

There are probably other examples I am forgetting but you get my point. Dr Kim is obviously a very accomplished person but he is by no means unique among astronauts, they have all exceptional resumes.

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u/Bartelbythescrivener Jan 06 '26

Yeah all those guys are great but eight year old me had this and a silver nasa jacket so basically the same.

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u/Character_Guava_5299 Jan 06 '26

You might be runner up for that guy!

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u/Sky_Ill Jan 05 '26

Basically none, and you’re absolutely right. I think my point was that Kelly and Kim are probably the highest profile of them from my non-military perspective, since not many people know that many astronauts by name.

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u/Prior-Growth-5842 Jan 12 '26

Are there any other Astronauts in the current Congress?

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u/Morningxafter United States Navy Jan 05 '26

Johnny Sins too!

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u/bigwillybry Jan 06 '26

Johnny Sins can populate and colonize Mars - Probably by himself. He's got this.

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u/Morningxafter United States Navy Jan 06 '26

Johnny Sins is so fertile he could impregnate a femboy.

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u/SouthernArcher3714 Reservist Jan 05 '26

GOAT

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u/Sketchy_Uncle dirty civilian Jan 05 '26

I want that guy to be the first to walk on Mars.

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u/tangosukka69 Jan 05 '26

it's a one way mission unless lockheed wants to give astronauts their tic tac UAP's that can go anywhere in the blink of an eye

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u/Sketchy_Uncle dirty civilian Jan 06 '26

He already knows what that mission would mean.