Scott Poteet

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Scott Poteet
Born	(1973-12-07) December 7, 1973 (age 50) Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
Education	University of New Hampshire (BS) University of Colorado Colorado Springs (MA)
Military career
Nickname(s)	"Kidd"
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Years of service	1998–2016
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Combat operations	Northern Watch Southern Watch Joint Guardian Freedom's Sentinel Resolute Support
Space career
Time in space	4 days, 22 hours and 13 minutes
Missions	Polaris Dawn

Scott "Kidd" Poteet (born December 7, 1973) is an American retired pilot from the United States Air Force. He was the pilot of the Polaris Dawn mission in 2024, a privately funded human spaceflight operated by SpaceX for Jared Isaacman.