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
careers timing fortunate
I consider myself to be very fortunate in my career, my timing has worked out.
military careers goal
And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career.
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.
space suits beats
Those folks out in the space suits are going to be getting beat up.
views earth looking-forward
I'm looking forward to coming back, back to Earth, the landing, the views.
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.
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.
beautiful travel thinking
And, obviously as a, as one who likes to travel around myself a lot, I think the Earth is a beautiful place. And, I'm looking forward to some new perspectives.
second-chance firsts separation
You know, Scooter's going to do the first separation burn; I'm going to do the second separation burn.
pilots natural
And, I wouldn't consider myself to be a natural pilot; I've had to work at it.
powerful air flying
And then, when I thought about joining the Air Force, flying seemed like a natural extension of the motorcycling experience. You're going faster, higher. You're operating a machine that's a lot more powerful than you are.
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.
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.
teamwork space looking-forward
Being in space, I'm really looking forward to working with this team of folks that I'm with.