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Re:SpaceX rolls Inspiration4 Falcon 9 rocket to the pad for ... by madamelic on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @10:22AM (#28445215)
My sense of time is warped.

When I read "2004", I thought "that's not that long ago" then I read "his 30s" and all sense of time went out the window.

How could someone become a pilot in 2004, fly in airshows in 20s and stop being a pilot in his 30s and it only be "a few years ago"

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Re:SpaceX rolls Inspiration4 Falcon 9 rocket to the pad for ... by labcomputer on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @02:10PM (#28447902)
You can solo a glider (with a student license) at 14. So one could be born as late as 1990 and become a pilot in 2004.

Someone born as early as 1981 is still in their 30's today. "A few years ago" winds the clock back to 1978ish.

So there's about a 12 year window that fit the constraints.

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