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since 1985 nasa control system engineer

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b true has been central to the testing

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and improving of some of the space

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agency's most powerful liquid propulsion

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rocket engines

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including those on the space shuttle two

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atlantis while i see the

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the shuttle line with me we have done

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our job to test the engine and make sure

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the engine is good and function

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without any problem

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his stellar nasa career is in stark

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contrast with his younger life

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i'm from bakleo vietnam in the south

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meccan river of south vietnam

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i was born and raised and grew up during

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the war

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in november 1978 he left vietnam to

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escape the communist regime and to seek

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freedom well we we left it down by boat

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so we are both people after we left in

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we landed in

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malaysia and we i left i lived in

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bulabidong refugee camp for six months

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well they rough in the refugees

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very rough and very crowded so we have

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to overcome

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from there he came to the united states

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a new country a new culture

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and a new language

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despite all the obstacles he ultimately

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entered the university of iowa and

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graduated in 1984 with a degree in

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electrical engineering

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in my senior genius i went to interview

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me at the university two months before i

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graduated nasa offered me a job to come

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to muscle space flight center

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nasa provided me a good working

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environment and a place to work and grow

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and excel for my future

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and i also raise my family here as well

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be true is a proud american of asian

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heritage who continues his own tradition