Posted on 05/18/2023 11:26:20 AM PDT by Callahan
Ever since he was a child, Jonny Kim, a highly decorated Navy SEAL and a graduate of Harvard Medical School, said he had always wanted to go to the moon.
Kim, 39, was among the 18 people NASA chose to take part in the training for its Artemis program, which has plans to put the first woman and possibly first person of color on the lunar surface in 2024.
Kim, who served as a combat medic for the Navy SEAL, could become the first Korean American to land on the moon.
“I wanted to go to space since I was a little child,” Kim told "Good Morning America" as part of the network’s celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. “I did clearly have the Apollo 11 poster of those astronauts above my bed.”
During the interview, Kim admitted that he did not have a lot of confidence growing up. To combat that self-doubt, the Harvard graduate decided to enlist in the Navy.
“So the first dream I actually had was to enlist in the Navy and be a Navy SEAL and become the strong person that I wanted to become,” he said.
Besides being a combat medic, Kim also assumed the role of navigator, sniper and point man in his 100 operations and two deployments in the Middle East.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
"Lt. Cmdr. Jonny Kim, NASA astronaut and former Navy SEAL, earned his “Wings of Gold” during a winging ceremony, Friday, March 24, onboard Naval Air Station Whiting Field. Kim, alongside 22 new aviators in his winging class, completed advanced helicopter training resulting in his designation as a Naval Aviator.
...After graduating on the “Commodore’s List” with distinction, Kim is now a “dual designator,” meaning he is one of a rare group of individuals who is simultaneously designated (qualified) as both a Navy flight surgeon and Naval Aviator as part of the Aeromedical Dual Designator Program."
Also has a wife and three kids. This guy is an absolute beast.
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>> Kim is now a “dual designator,” meaning he is one of a rare group of individuals who is simultaneously designated (qualified) as both a Navy flight surgeon and Naval Aviator as part of the Aeromedical Dual Designator Program
>> This guy is an absolute beast.
I agree. If he’s selected, it should be on that basis of merit, and not because he’s a woman, a person of color, or Korean, as mentioned in the article as possible moon visitor firsts.
Really impressed that somewhere in this relentless pursuit of woke candidates, they found someone capable like this. Hope they do as well with the next two wokeits.
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An impressive individual. That being said, the USA isn’t landing on the moon in 2024 or any time in the foreseeable future.
Nobody’s been to the moon, and nobody ever will go to the moon.
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