Post Astronaut Career
Currie served as principal engineer in NASA's engineering safety center. She concurrently holds an appointment as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at North Carolina State University.
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Famous quotes containing the words post, astronaut and/or career:
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