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Dave Brown with a camcorder during training. Kent Rominger, Chief Astronaut

Smiling Dave, or Doc to his friends. Quiet and observant with piercing blue eyes. He was the bachelor of the group and as such was in constant search of food. Doc also loved cameras and always had a camera with him, riding out to the pad I've never seen anybody as intense at making sure he filmed every bit of what was going on with his crew as Doc. Usually when he was filming folks, he would tell them, "Just act like a little brown squirrel."

He also had a keen sense of humor and after one demanding simulator run, turned to [fellow crewmate Kalpana Chawla] and asked, "May I borrow your brain?" This comment illustrates his humility, because it was well known in the astronaut office that he was extremely capable.

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