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Originally Posted by Levsha
If I do rightly recall, Alan B. Shepard, the first American in space, and one of only 12 people to walk on the Moon, retired from military service with the rank of USN Admiral (reserves). Provokes 2 questions in me, what exactly were his responsibilities,
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Astronaut.
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and how much time approximately did he have to contribute outside his normal civilian job to carry out those responsibilities?
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He was a naval reserve officer on active duty assigned to NASA. Until Alan Shepard retired, he didn't have a civilian job.