re: Biography
Then he'll have time to write his biography!!!
He had a fantastic life, so far!
Part of the STNGs....
STS 41B (first landing at the Cape!!and first untethered spacewalk)
STS 61C with so many delays, with Congressman Nelson and just before the accident.
STS 27 DOD flight and a very damaged spacecraft at re-entry.
Sanctionned for having been involved in an aircrash.
STS 47 Spacelab with the first married couple...He'd say they didn't do it.
STS 71: the grandest of them all: first Shuttle docking to a space station...100 tonnes docking to 130 tonnes