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...Many of Hoffman's teachers and colleagues say they are not surprised to hear of his "astronomical" achievements...
...ability to work hard, follow directions, and find out why things don't go right when they should--all qualities an astronaut should have," says Henry F. Helmken, Professor of electrical engineering at Florida Atlantic University and Hoffman's thesis advisor at Harvard...
According to Lewin, during one of Hoffman's 150 parachute jumps, his parachute failed to open completely and he began to plummet in free-fall toward the ground...
...free-fall, Hoffman timed his speed of descent with an altmeter and a stopwatch. Within 10 seconds, he determined that his impact speed would be too high, took off his primary parachute, opened his backup, and landed safely...
...Endeavor mission was scheduled to return yesterday. Hoffman's future plans include giving a colloquium at Harvard about the mission, according to Fazio...