Short Final

Editorial Staff

Monday, August 17, 2015 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

A NASA astronaut in a T-38 jet made a wrong turn while taxiing, heading into a private hangar's parking area instead of the FBO.
Ground control corrected the astronaut's path, successfully rerouting the aircraft.
The astronaut humorously commented on the difficulty of finding his way on Earth, contrasting it with navigation in space.

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A NASA T-38 flown by an astronaut was taxiing to the FBO when he turned into a private hangar’s parking area. Ground control rerouted him to the FBO, and the pilot thanked him and said:

“It is so hard to find your way down here on Earth.”

Gib Satterwhite