Duane G. Carey
Duane G. Carey
Duane Gene "Digger" Careyis a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth30 April 1957
CountryUnited States of America
Duane G. Carey quotes about
each-day get-up
So, we have to get up and get pumped up for each day.
teamwork space looking-forward
Being in space, I'm really looking forward to working with this team of folks that I'm with.
two space half
Now, I've never flown in space; but the folks who have say that on landing day, you know, you've just spent maybe a week and a half, sometimes two weeks in orbit and you're used to the things happening slowly in space.
selfish sight views
And, one thing I definitely enjoyed personally, from a selfish point of view, was exploration and going to places that I had never been to before and learning, you know, meeting the people and getting to know, new sights and sounds, etc.
pilots natural
And, I wouldn't consider myself to be a natural pilot; I've had to work at it.
second-chance firsts separation
You know, Scooter's going to do the first separation burn; I'm going to do the second separation burn.
children believe people
And, that's what I truly believe that we're doing when we're advancing scientific knowledge is we're someday making the world better. Not only for our children, but for all people after that.
opportunity people way
I worked for some very good people who have helped me along the way and actually enabled me to have the opportunity to be selected to join the Astronaut Corps.
careers timing fortunate
I consider myself to be very fortunate in my career, my timing has worked out.
views earth looking-forward
I'm looking forward to coming back, back to Earth, the landing, the views.
space suits beats
Those folks out in the space suits are going to be getting beat up.
american-astronaut entry flight jokes maybe normal seconds
One of the jokes on our flight is that, if we have a normal entry day going, the plan is for me... to actually take the orbiter first and fly it for maybe 10 or 15 seconds and then hand it on over to Scooter.
american-astronaut country impressed people
And, I was really impressed with how beautiful our country was and how friendly the people were.
american-astronaut
Rendezvous day is the third day of our mission, and that's a big day for us.