Astronaut Daniel Tani visits Homer pupils during Spaceweek
NASA astronaut Daniel Tani told Homer School District 330 students and parents that high grades are not essential to become an astronaut. He described his own nontraditional path from Glenbard East High School to MIT and NASA, stressing motivation and engineering interest over straight A’s.
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