Tom Cruise’s Top Gun character Lieutenant Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell inspired NASA Administrator James Bridenstine to embark on a career as a Navy pilot.
The actor leads the action movie franchise, which began in 1986, and his U.S. Navy pilot character prompted Bridenstine to follow a similar career path, which led him to the job he’s in today. “There was a day when I was in elementary school and I saw Top Gun.
From that day, I knew I was going to be a Navy pilot. It’s just the way it was,” he said while gearing up for the launch of the SpaceX rocket this weekend (May 30-31, 2020), reported JustJared.com. “The goal here (is similar], and it’s what we’re doing today (with the rocket launch).” NASA officials are planning to shoot a new movie
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