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		alanh on April 12, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Virgin Galactic hiring fulltime astronauts Name sounds familiar. Have there been other Sheppard astronauts?

DarkShikari on April 12, 2011 | [–]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shepard ?

eternalmatt on April 12, 2011 | | [–]

http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Commander_Shepard ?

phlux on April 12, 2011 | [–]

Yeah that was always my thought as well -- if anything he certainly is named to be an astronaut.

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