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STUART BROCE: I'm "Stu" Broce, I'm a NASA ER-2 pilot.
One of four in the world now
and I work for i3 Corporation and fly for NASA.
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The ER-2 gets off the ground pretty quick,
and it gets off the ground so quickly because
it has huge wing, high aspect ratio wing,
and a very powerful motor
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NASA ER-2 it's capable of flying at altitudes
above 70,000 feet
and we can do science missions
anywhere from the surface to the max altitude.
The suit is to keep pressure on our bodies.
You can't live without that because your blood boils.
Anything above 64,000 feet, water boils and blood boils
and you die if you're exposed to that for too long, so...
We can carry up to more than six scientific instrument packages
at various points around the plane.
It's very different from flying any other plane in the world.
INTERVIEWER: What is the best thing that you like about flying for NASA?
STUART BROCE: You know, what I really like is...
being part of the science team.
I like seeing all that going on.
I like to...
There are some geniuses working out there
and it's fun to hang out and watch what they do.
And I'm learning, every day I learn something here.
INTERVIEWER: Great! Thank you. STUART BROCE: All right!