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
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american-astronaut chance joke whenever
So, whenever Scooter was the Pilot, he never had a chance to fly the orbiter. So, the joke is: I'm going to have a chance to fly it first and hand it over to him.
american-astronaut attitude fire jets
It's all done by computer. The jets will fire and it'll just be in the attitude that we need to have it in to come back to Earth.
american-astronaut bit feels motorcycle
I think a lot of people, myself included, like to be... like to do expeditions and trips. To me, this feels a little bit like a motorcycle trip.
american-astronaut few guess high school taken
I had, before I went to college, I had taken a few years off after high school and really had, I guess in those days, I had no intentions of going to college.
american-astronaut condition evidence hubble
It's very important, especially during a Hubble mission, that we have a lot of photographic evidence of the condition of the telescope.
american-astronaut astronauts found rookie training
But, I have to tell you that, astronauts, rookie astronauts after they land, they say that they found the training to be more than adequate.
american-astronaut everybody fighter forward jet looks million pounds seven thrust
Obviously, as a jet fighter pilot, everybody looks forward to the ascent; all that power, you know, that seven million pounds of thrust going uphill.
american-astronaut forward imagine looking looks seeing
Well, let me tell you: when I'm in space, I'm looking forward to looking back and seeing the Earth. I just can't imagine what it looks like.
exploration wanted new-things
So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things.
astronaut cases wells
Well, for me it really wasn't a case of deciding to be an astronaut.
forever one-day together
That's what Hubble can do for us. It can tell us whether the universe is expanding forever or if one day it's going to come back together.
done columbia amount
There's been a tremendous amount of work that's been done that you can't see in Columbia.
together needs done
And, all these things need to be coordinated; so we all need to work together, have timers going and everything so we're all coordinated and get this piece of orchestration done.
careers goal fields
I could do exploration in this particular career field, and it was a goal that, even if I didn't reach it, it was so high it seemed almost impossible, but even if I didn't reach it, I would still have a good time and a very satisfying career.