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What are people here's thoughts on Jonny Kim now that his astronaut mission is going on?
To me, he appears to be another case of a SEAL with a grossly exaggerated resume.
This sort of meme is popular amongst Asian-Americans:

But Jonny appears to have only ever had two jobs: combat medic and astronaut. The Harvard Doctor and Navy SEAL are the same job. It's still impressive, but there are countless medics in the military with a similar story (minus winning the astronaut lottery), none of whom get articles and memes written about how much of a genius they are.
Compared to Apollo-era astronauts, his resume is sparse. Armstrong and Aldrin were both engineers who flew dozens and dozens of combat air missions in Korea. Armstrong tested hundreds of prototype airplanes and Aldrin had a PhD in engineering and his thesis (and later work experience) focused on orbital rendezvous, which was cutting edge (and relevant to NASA's mission) at the time.
To me, he appears to be another case of a SEAL with a grossly exaggerated resume.
This sort of meme is popular amongst Asian-Americans:

But Jonny appears to have only ever had two jobs: combat medic and astronaut. The Harvard Doctor and Navy SEAL are the same job. It's still impressive, but there are countless medics in the military with a similar story (minus winning the astronaut lottery), none of whom get articles and memes written about how much of a genius they are.
Compared to Apollo-era astronauts, his resume is sparse. Armstrong and Aldrin were both engineers who flew dozens and dozens of combat air missions in Korea. Armstrong tested hundreds of prototype airplanes and Aldrin had a PhD in engineering and his thesis (and later work experience) focused on orbital rendezvous, which was cutting edge (and relevant to NASA's mission) at the time.