Dave Winker

Dave Winker
turning
It's turning out to be a long wait.
ideas work
Usually, the way these things work is that you have some ideas when you launch.
instrument sure
But we're not really sure what we can do with it. We don't know enough about the atmosphere, and this is the first instrument of its type. So we don't know what we're going to find out, so that makes it exciting.
mission nice
It's nice to have this part of the mission done. It's been a long week.
certain data looking measure realizing signals studying
Just by looking at the data and studying it and realizing that there are certain characteristics and signals in there, you can measure other things or look at things in different ways.
excited exciting launch rocket terms
I'm excited for two reasons. First, a rocket launch is always exciting. But in terms of my career, the real interesting, exciting thing is getting the data.