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Warrant Officer 3 Lionel E. Long is an Instructor pilot in
the U.S. Army. He has been in the military for 10 years and
flying the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter for 7 years. He has
been deployed overseas in Germany and participated in Operation
Provide Comfort in Northern Iraq, providing humanitarian aid
to the Kurds that live in the region. He has participated
in IFOR and SFOR operations in Bosnia.
His
love of the sciences goes back to childhood. He has always
loved flying and anything that makes him feel closer to the
stars. Through personal studies he has closely followed many
aerospace developments over the past 15 years. Missions of
special interest include, Deep Space 1, Galileo and the future
Europa Orbiter. He eagerly looks forward to sharing with others
his enthusiasm, love of space science and the current successes
of space exploration.
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