Cancer "tsar" Professor Mike Richards said the pilot schemes had proved a great success.

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That was not good enough for Mike Post, a former BA pilot and another of the trustees who resigned.

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Kelly's crewmates on Endeavour's final mission are pilot Greg Johnson and mission specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff and Roberto Vittori of the European Space Agency.

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