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The Astronaut Maker: Dr. Ravi Margasahayam, the man who sent over 700 humans into space

The Astronaut Maker: Dr. Ravi Margasahayam, the man who sent over 700 humans into space

by Namrata Srivastava | Oct 13, 2022

(October 13, 2022) About 15 minutes into our conversation, Dr. Ravi Margasahayam told me that he once had a chance meeting with mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, who taught him a very important lesson – something he still lives by. “It was 1973, I was in...

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