1 00:00:15,949 --> 00:00:16,983 >> HI, I'M ANDRE DOUGLAS, 2 00:00:17,050 --> 00:00:17,617 AND I'M A NASA 3 00:00:17,684 --> 00:00:19,686 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE. 4 00:00:25,592 --> 00:00:27,394 SO I WAS BORN IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, 5 00:00:27,460 --> 00:00:28,361 AND I CONSIDER HOME TO BE 6 00:00:28,428 --> 00:00:31,598 CHESEAPEAKE, VIRGINIA. 7 00:00:31,664 --> 00:00:33,233 SO WHERE I GREW UP IN VIRGINIA, 8 00:00:33,299 --> 00:00:35,535 IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY, 9 00:00:35,602 --> 00:00:36,236 REALLY PLEASANT, 10 00:00:36,302 --> 00:00:37,537 BECAUSE I REMEMBER 11 00:00:37,604 --> 00:00:38,938 WHEN I FIRST GOT TO VIRGINIA, 12 00:00:39,005 --> 00:00:40,440 UM, A LOT OF FRIENDS 13 00:00:40,507 --> 00:00:41,274 IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, 14 00:00:41,341 --> 00:00:42,275 THEY ACTUALLY CAME OUT 15 00:00:42,342 --> 00:00:43,276 TO MEET ME, AND IT WAS 16 00:00:43,343 --> 00:00:44,944 VERY INVITING, AND BEING 17 00:00:45,011 --> 00:00:46,813 A MILITARY, YOU KNOW, CHILD, 18 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:47,781 IT WAS HARD TO MAKE FRIENDS 19 00:00:47,847 --> 00:00:48,548 IN GENERAL, BUT WHEN 20 00:00:48,615 --> 00:00:49,783 I GOT TO VIRGINIA, 21 00:00:49,849 --> 00:00:50,817 THERE WAS A LOT OF LOVE, 22 00:00:50,884 --> 00:00:52,452 AND WHEN I WAS MEETING 23 00:00:52,519 --> 00:00:53,553 A LOT OF PEOPLE, 24 00:00:53,620 --> 00:00:54,220 I GOT INVOLVED WITH 25 00:00:54,287 --> 00:00:55,455 A LOT OF SPORTS. 26 00:00:55,522 --> 00:00:56,055 I GOT INVOLVED WITH 27 00:00:56,122 --> 00:00:57,557 A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, 28 00:00:57,624 --> 00:00:58,458 SO IN HIGH SCHOOL, 29 00:00:58,525 --> 00:00:59,192 I MEAN, I WAS DOING 30 00:00:59,259 --> 00:00:59,959 A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS 31 00:01:00,026 --> 00:01:00,794 FROM MARCHING BAND, 32 00:01:00,860 --> 00:01:02,695 TO SOCCER, TO BASKETBALL, 33 00:01:02,762 --> 00:01:04,831 TO HONOR SOCIETY, AND, UH, 34 00:01:04,898 --> 00:01:05,598 EVERYBODY WAS JUST 35 00:01:05,665 --> 00:01:06,866 A REALLY NICE PERSON, 36 00:01:06,933 --> 00:01:07,267 AND WE HAD A VERY 37 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:09,302 GOOD COMMUNITY. 38 00:01:15,375 --> 00:01:17,143 SO BEFORE I WAS SELECTED 39 00:01:17,210 --> 00:01:18,611 AS A CANDIDATE, I WAS ACTUALLY 40 00:01:18,678 --> 00:01:20,046 WORKING AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS 41 00:01:20,113 --> 00:01:21,848 UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LAB, 42 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:23,249 AND I WAS AN OCEAN SYSTEMS 43 00:01:23,316 --> 00:01:24,317 ENGINEER, AND WE WERE DOING 44 00:01:24,384 --> 00:01:26,186 A LOT OF RAPID PROTOTYPING 45 00:01:26,252 --> 00:01:27,687 OF UNDERWATER SYSTEMS. 46 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:28,288 WE WERE DOING A LOT 47 00:01:28,354 --> 00:01:29,722 OF AUTONOMY, A LOT OF 48 00:01:29,789 --> 00:01:31,391 SUBMARINE INSTALLATION PROJECTS 49 00:01:31,458 --> 00:01:33,259 AND ADVANCED CONCEPT STUDIES. 50 00:01:33,326 --> 00:01:34,594 UM, AND ACTUALLY, 51 00:01:34,661 --> 00:01:36,095 DURING THE PROCESS, 52 00:01:36,162 --> 00:01:36,930 I SWITCHED OVER TO 53 00:01:36,996 --> 00:01:38,898 THE SPACE EXPLORATION SECTOR, 54 00:01:38,965 --> 00:01:39,632 AND I WAS WORKING ON 55 00:01:39,699 --> 00:01:41,334 THE RECENT LAUNCH FOR DART, 56 00:01:41,401 --> 00:01:42,368 WHICH WAS THE DOUBLE ASTEROID 57 00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:44,103 REDIRECTION TEST, AND, UH, 58 00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:44,671 THAT JUST WENT OFF 59 00:01:44,737 --> 00:01:45,605 AND THAT WAS AMAZING, 60 00:01:45,672 --> 00:01:47,073 BUT IT WAS IN A PLACE 61 00:01:47,140 --> 00:01:48,408 OF MATH AND SCIENCE, 62 00:01:48,475 --> 00:01:49,642 TO WHERE I WAS SELECTED FROM, 63 00:01:49,709 --> 00:01:51,811 AND I'M SO EXCITED TO KIND OF 64 00:01:51,878 --> 00:01:52,645 PUSH THAT FURTHER INTO 65 00:01:52,712 --> 00:01:54,681 THE NASA COMMUNITY. 66 00:02:02,255 --> 00:02:03,723 TO ME, FOR A NASA ASTRONAUT, 67 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:05,492 IT'S SOMEBODY WHO'S 68 00:02:05,558 --> 00:02:07,927 ALWAYS CHALLENGING THEMSELVES, 69 00:02:07,994 --> 00:02:10,396 AND ALWAYS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, 70 00:02:10,463 --> 00:02:12,398 PUSH THE BOUNDS OF MANKIND, 71 00:02:12,465 --> 00:02:13,766 AND THEY'RE EXPLORERS, 72 00:02:13,833 --> 00:02:15,268 AND THEY'RE INQUISITIVE, 73 00:02:15,335 --> 00:02:16,836 UM, THEY'RE ALWAYS TRYING 74 00:02:16,903 --> 00:02:18,204 TO REALLY GROW AND LEARN 75 00:02:18,271 --> 00:02:19,572 FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES. 76 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:20,406 BUT ALSO, I'D SAY 77 00:02:20,473 --> 00:02:21,274 MOST IMPORTANTLY, 78 00:02:21,341 --> 00:02:23,076 THEY'RE-- THEY'RE TEAM PLAYERS. 79 00:02:23,142 --> 00:02:23,743 THEY'RE ALL ABOUT TRYING 80 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:24,310 TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN 81 00:02:24,377 --> 00:02:25,512 DO THE MISSION. 82 00:02:25,578 --> 00:02:26,546 UM, SO, THOSE ARE SOME 83 00:02:26,613 --> 00:02:28,515 OF THE WORDS THAT I WOULD SAY. 84 00:02:35,288 --> 00:02:36,122 SO I DECIDED TO BE 85 00:02:36,189 --> 00:02:37,257 AN ASTRONAUT AROUND 86 00:02:37,323 --> 00:02:39,526 THE AGE OF 7 OR 8. 87 00:02:39,592 --> 00:02:40,527 I REMEMBER MY MOM, 88 00:02:40,593 --> 00:02:41,294 SHE GOT ME INVOLVED 89 00:02:41,361 --> 00:02:42,729 IN A LOT OF TECHNICAL THINGS 90 00:02:42,795 --> 00:02:44,163 LIKE HAM RADIOS 91 00:02:44,230 --> 00:02:45,398 AND ROCKET LAUNCHES, 92 00:02:45,465 --> 00:02:46,633 AND EVER SINCE THEN, 93 00:02:46,699 --> 00:02:47,767 IT KIND OF-- 94 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:49,702 PUT MY ATTENTION ON NASA 95 00:02:49,769 --> 00:02:51,371 AND THE SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM, 96 00:02:51,437 --> 00:02:52,705 AND I WAS TRYING TO 97 00:02:52,772 --> 00:02:53,907 FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, 98 00:02:53,973 --> 00:02:54,974 HOW COULD I GET THERE? 99 00:02:55,041 --> 00:02:55,408 AND THROUGHOUT 100 00:02:55,475 --> 00:02:56,643 THE REST OF MY CHILDHOOD 101 00:02:56,709 --> 00:02:57,710 TILL HIGH SCHOOL. 102 00:02:57,777 --> 00:02:59,245 YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST DOING 103 00:02:59,312 --> 00:03:00,079 EVERYTHING THAT I COULD 104 00:03:00,146 --> 00:03:00,747 TO GET INVOLVED WITH 105 00:03:00,813 --> 00:03:02,148 SPACE EXPLORATION, 106 00:03:02,215 --> 00:03:03,850 DOING STUFF WITH MY TELESCOPE 107 00:03:03,917 --> 00:03:05,318 AND ASTRONOMY, DOING THINGS 108 00:03:05,385 --> 00:03:06,386 WITH-- DOING, UH, 109 00:03:06,452 --> 00:03:07,720 BLACK HOLE BOOK REPORTS 110 00:03:07,787 --> 00:03:09,489 AND NUCLEAR FISSION, UH, 111 00:03:09,556 --> 00:03:10,456 PROJECTS FOR SCHOOL. 112 00:03:10,523 --> 00:03:11,558 AND IT'S JUST BEEN 113 00:03:11,624 --> 00:03:13,793 A PART OF MY LIFE EVER SINCE. 114 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:21,301 FOR ME, TO BE 115 00:03:21,367 --> 00:03:22,368 AN ACTUAL ASTRONAUT, 116 00:03:22,435 --> 00:03:23,002 IT-IT WAS REALLY 117 00:03:23,069 --> 00:03:24,337 THE CHALLENGE THAT 118 00:03:24,404 --> 00:03:25,071 ATTRACTED ME. 119 00:03:25,138 --> 00:03:26,673 I'M A PERSON THAT REALLY 120 00:03:26,739 --> 00:03:27,840 EMBRACES CHALLENGES, 121 00:03:27,907 --> 00:03:28,675 AND I'M ALWAYS LOOKING 122 00:03:28,741 --> 00:03:30,944 TO MAXIMIZE MY FULL POTENTIAL, 123 00:03:31,010 --> 00:03:33,713 AND THE NASA EXPERIENCE 124 00:03:33,780 --> 00:03:34,847 AND BEING AN OPERATOR, 125 00:03:34,914 --> 00:03:35,748 IT SEEMS TO BE THE ULTIMATE 126 00:03:35,815 --> 00:03:37,050 CHALLENGE, BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY 127 00:03:37,116 --> 00:03:38,718 TESTING ALL THE DIFFERENT 128 00:03:38,785 --> 00:03:40,587 ASPECTS OF YOURSELF, 129 00:03:40,653 --> 00:03:42,221 AND, I MEAN, WHAT BETTER WAY 130 00:03:42,288 --> 00:03:44,257 TO DO THAT IN SPACE EXPLORATION, 131 00:03:44,324 --> 00:03:44,891 USING ALL THE SKILLS 132 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:45,892 THAT YOU'VE BUILT UP 133 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:47,760 OVER YEARS TO CONTRIBUTE 134 00:03:47,827 --> 00:03:49,729 TO SUCH AN ORGANIZATION. 135 00:03:56,469 --> 00:03:57,403 OH, THE SELECTION PROCESS 136 00:03:57,470 --> 00:03:58,605 WAS AMAZING. 137 00:03:58,671 --> 00:03:59,973 IT WAS REALLY A TIME 138 00:04:00,039 --> 00:04:01,140 WHERE YOU REALLY 139 00:04:01,207 --> 00:04:03,810 UNDERSTOOD WHO YOU ARE, 140 00:04:03,876 --> 00:04:05,445 AND WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GO. 141 00:04:05,511 --> 00:04:06,646 BECAUSE THEY REALLY 142 00:04:06,713 --> 00:04:07,847 CHALLENGE YOU MENTALLY, 143 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:09,882 PHYSICALLY, PSYCHOLOGICALLY, 144 00:04:09,949 --> 00:04:10,783 AND IT WASN'T ABOUT, 145 00:04:10,850 --> 00:04:12,118 YOU KNOW, BEING THE BEST. 146 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:12,952 IT WAS ABOUT JUST KNOWING 147 00:04:13,019 --> 00:04:14,454 WHO YOU ARE, BRINGING A CERTAIN 148 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:15,922 TYPE OF ENERGY TO THE TABLE, 149 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:16,689 AND TRYING TO INTEGRATE 150 00:04:16,756 --> 00:04:19,659 WITH YOUR COHORT MATES. 151 00:04:25,898 --> 00:04:26,866 SO WHEN I WAS SELECTED, 152 00:04:26,933 --> 00:04:28,968 I WAS ACTUALLY IN MY HOUSE, 153 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:30,703 UH, MY SON-- I WAS WATCHING HIM, 154 00:04:30,770 --> 00:04:31,871 AND, UH, HE WAS HOME 155 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:32,739 FROM SCHOOL, HE WASN'T 156 00:04:32,805 --> 00:04:34,540 FEELING TOO WELL, AND, UH, 157 00:04:34,607 --> 00:04:35,208 I GOT THE CALL, 158 00:04:35,274 --> 00:04:37,510 I SAW THE TEXAS AREA CODE, 159 00:04:37,577 --> 00:04:38,111 AND I WAS LIKE, 160 00:04:38,177 --> 00:04:39,178 "I THINK THIS IS IT." 161 00:04:39,245 --> 00:04:40,346 UM, AND THEN I REMEMBER 162 00:04:40,413 --> 00:04:42,382 TALKING TO REED, AND-- 163 00:04:42,448 --> 00:04:44,417 I-I JUST ALMOST BLACKED OUT. 164 00:04:44,484 --> 00:04:45,284 I WAS LIKE, I CAN'T BELIEVE 165 00:04:45,351 --> 00:04:45,918 THIS IS HAPPENING, 166 00:04:45,985 --> 00:04:47,587 AND I JUST PICKED UP MY SON 167 00:04:47,654 --> 00:04:49,422 AND I WAS JUST SMILING, 168 00:04:49,489 --> 00:04:50,690 AND I WAS SAYING "THANK YOU," 169 00:04:50,757 --> 00:04:51,424 AND THEN MY WIFE, 170 00:04:51,491 --> 00:04:52,725 SHE WAS WORKING DOWNSTAIRS 171 00:04:52,792 --> 00:04:54,127 REMOTELY, AND I WAS LIKE, 172 00:04:54,193 --> 00:04:55,995 "RACHEL! COME HERE!" 173 00:04:56,062 --> 00:04:56,796 AND I COULDN'T SAY 174 00:04:56,863 --> 00:04:57,563 WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY, 175 00:04:57,630 --> 00:04:59,298 'CAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED, 176 00:04:59,365 --> 00:05:00,833 AND, UM, I FINALLY-- 177 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:02,235 SHE CAME UP, AND I SAID, 178 00:05:02,301 --> 00:05:03,002 "ASTRONAUT!" 179 00:05:03,069 --> 00:05:04,037 AND SHE WAS LIKE, "YEAH!" 180 00:05:04,103 --> 00:05:05,004 [ LAUGHING ] 181 00:05:05,071 --> 00:05:06,439 SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD MOMENT, 182 00:05:06,506 --> 00:05:08,341 BECAUSE ALL THREE OF US HUGGED, 183 00:05:08,408 --> 00:05:09,542 UH, IN OUR LIVING ROOM, 184 00:05:09,609 --> 00:05:10,510 AND IT WAS A SPECIAL MOMENT 185 00:05:10,576 --> 00:05:11,844 THAT I'LL NEVER FORGET. 186 00:05:18,084 --> 00:05:20,219 SO I-I REALLY 187 00:05:20,286 --> 00:05:21,421 LOOK UP TO MY DAD. 188 00:05:21,487 --> 00:05:23,289 MY DAD, HE'S A HUGE, 189 00:05:23,356 --> 00:05:24,957 HUGE INFLUENCE IN MY LIFE. 190 00:05:25,024 --> 00:05:26,559 HE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S 191 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:27,593 WORKED REALLY HARD 192 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:28,361 ALL OF HIS LIFE. 193 00:05:28,428 --> 00:05:29,262 HE TAUGHT ME THE METHOD 194 00:05:29,328 --> 00:05:30,329 OF HARD WORK, I MEAN, 195 00:05:30,396 --> 00:05:30,763 YOU REALLY CAN'T 196 00:05:30,830 --> 00:05:31,898 REPLACE HARD WORK. 197 00:05:31,964 --> 00:05:32,932 AND, YOU KNOW, 198 00:05:32,999 --> 00:05:35,301 HE GREW UP IN SOUTH CAROLINA, 199 00:05:35,368 --> 00:05:36,436 IN A SMALL TOWN THAT 200 00:05:36,502 --> 00:05:37,537 DIDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH, 201 00:05:37,603 --> 00:05:39,706 BUT HE MADE A JOURNEY HIMSELF 202 00:05:39,772 --> 00:05:40,773 TO WORK HARD AND GET HIMSELF 203 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:41,674 INTO THE UNITED STATES 204 00:05:41,741 --> 00:05:43,042 COAST GUARD, 205 00:05:43,109 --> 00:05:44,844 AND RETIRED AS COMMANDER. 206 00:05:44,911 --> 00:05:47,113 AND I SAW THAT WHEN I WAS YOUNG, 207 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:48,047 HOW HE DID IT, 208 00:05:48,114 --> 00:05:49,849 AND HE MADE SACRIFICES. 209 00:05:49,916 --> 00:05:50,817 AND SO FOR ME, I WAS TRYING 210 00:05:50,883 --> 00:05:51,884 TO FIND MY OWN PATH, 211 00:05:51,951 --> 00:05:53,453 AND I FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, 212 00:05:53,519 --> 00:05:55,154 HERE I AM, MAKING MY JOURNEY 213 00:05:55,221 --> 00:05:55,888 FROM EVEN BEING IN 214 00:05:55,955 --> 00:05:56,723 THE COAST GUARD, 215 00:05:56,789 --> 00:05:57,990 TOOK THE BATON FROM HIM, 216 00:05:58,057 --> 00:05:58,624 AND NOW I'M GOING 217 00:05:58,691 --> 00:06:00,493 AND HELPING OUT NASA, 218 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:01,928 AND I HOPE TO 219 00:06:01,994 --> 00:06:02,161 BE AN INSPIRATION 220 00:06:02,228 --> 00:06:03,463 FOR MY SON AS WELL 221 00:06:03,529 --> 00:06:04,397 AS HE'S COMING UP 222 00:06:04,464 --> 00:06:05,465 THROUGH HIS CHILDHOOD. 223 00:06:11,938 --> 00:06:12,605 I DO, ACTUALLY. 224 00:06:12,672 --> 00:06:14,040 SO BACK AT WESTERN BRANCH 225 00:06:14,107 --> 00:06:15,174 HIGH SCHOOL, THERE WAS 226 00:06:15,241 --> 00:06:16,642 A TEACHER, HER NAME WAS 227 00:06:16,709 --> 00:06:18,411 MRS. UHL, AND SHE WAS 228 00:06:18,478 --> 00:06:20,079 MY CALCULUS TEACHER. 229 00:06:20,146 --> 00:06:21,080 AND I REMEMBER SHE WAS JUST 230 00:06:21,147 --> 00:06:22,415 VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT 231 00:06:22,482 --> 00:06:23,716 WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO 232 00:06:23,783 --> 00:06:25,084 WITH-WITH CALCULUS, 233 00:06:25,151 --> 00:06:26,619 AND CALCULUS WAS A VERY 234 00:06:26,686 --> 00:06:28,554 IMPORTANT SUBJECT FOR ME 235 00:06:28,621 --> 00:06:30,056 TO LEARN, BECAUSE IT WAS 236 00:06:30,123 --> 00:06:31,457 THE FIRST TIME WHERE I REALIZED 237 00:06:31,524 --> 00:06:32,658 MATHEMATICS CAN REALLY 238 00:06:32,725 --> 00:06:34,627 HELP YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR WORLD. 239 00:06:34,694 --> 00:06:35,928 THE WAY THAT THINGS MOVE, 240 00:06:35,995 --> 00:06:36,829 WITH DERIVATIVES 241 00:06:36,896 --> 00:06:38,131 AND ANTI-DERIVATIVES. 242 00:06:38,197 --> 00:06:39,332 I MEAN, IT WAS 243 00:06:39,398 --> 00:06:40,133 AN EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE, 244 00:06:40,199 --> 00:06:40,867 AND I ALWAYS WANTED 245 00:06:40,933 --> 00:06:41,901 TO THANK HER FOR THAT, 246 00:06:41,968 --> 00:06:43,469 BECAUSE THAT CHANGED 247 00:06:43,536 --> 00:06:44,670 THE POINT IN MY EDUCATIONAL 248 00:06:44,737 --> 00:06:45,605 CAREER TO WHERE I JUST 249 00:06:45,671 --> 00:06:46,672 FOCUSED REALLY ON 250 00:06:46,739 --> 00:06:47,774 MATH AND SCIENCE. 251 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:49,742 AND-AND THAT WAS THE FOUNDATION 252 00:06:49,809 --> 00:06:50,910 OF A LOT OF OTHER SUBJECTS 253 00:06:50,977 --> 00:06:52,378 THAT WERE IN COLLEGE, 254 00:06:52,445 --> 00:06:52,845 AND THAT HELPED ME OUT 255 00:06:52,912 --> 00:06:54,213 THROUGH THE ACADEMY, SO, 256 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:55,715 I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT-- 257 00:06:55,782 --> 00:06:57,416 UH, MRS. UHL, THANK YOU 258 00:06:57,483 --> 00:06:58,151 IF YOU'RE SEEING THIS, 259 00:06:58,217 --> 00:06:59,819 BUT, UM, IT WAS A VERY, 260 00:06:59,886 --> 00:07:01,020 VERY SPECIAL MOMENT. 261 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:08,628 SO FOR THE TRAINING 262 00:07:08,694 --> 00:07:09,595 I'M VERY EXCITED. 263 00:07:09,662 --> 00:07:10,296 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS 264 00:07:10,363 --> 00:07:11,197 THAT I WANTED TO DO 265 00:07:11,264 --> 00:07:11,898 WHEN I WAS YOUNGER WAS 266 00:07:11,964 --> 00:07:13,366 ACTUALLY BE A-- 267 00:07:13,432 --> 00:07:14,066 A FIGHTER PILOT. 268 00:07:14,133 --> 00:07:15,501 I USED TO WATCH "TOP GUN," 269 00:07:15,568 --> 00:07:16,736 AND I LIKED THINGS 270 00:07:16,803 --> 00:07:17,703 THAT MOVE REALLY FAST, 271 00:07:17,770 --> 00:07:18,604 SO BEING ABLE TO DO 272 00:07:18,671 --> 00:07:19,639 SOME JET TRAINING 273 00:07:19,705 --> 00:07:21,174 WITH NASA'S GREAT, 274 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:22,775 AND DOING THE EVAs. 275 00:07:22,842 --> 00:07:23,442 LEARNING RUSSIAN 276 00:07:23,509 --> 00:07:24,277 AND OTHER LANGUAGES, 277 00:07:24,343 --> 00:07:24,644 AND WORKING WITH 278 00:07:24,710 --> 00:07:25,378 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS 279 00:07:25,444 --> 00:07:27,013 IS GONNA BE FANTASTIC, 280 00:07:27,079 --> 00:07:27,780 SO I'M THRILLED, 281 00:07:27,847 --> 00:07:28,548 AND I'M A PERSON THAT 282 00:07:28,614 --> 00:07:29,949 LOVES TO DO MANY THINGS. 283 00:07:30,016 --> 00:07:30,516 I CAN'T REALLY SETTLE 284 00:07:30,583 --> 00:07:31,851 FOR JUST ONE THING, AND, 285 00:07:31,918 --> 00:07:33,553 UH-- HAVING THIS 286 00:07:33,619 --> 00:07:34,320 JACK OF ALL TRADES 287 00:07:34,387 --> 00:07:35,555 KIND OF SKILL SET, UH, 288 00:07:35,621 --> 00:07:36,022 AND LEARNING THAT 289 00:07:36,088 --> 00:07:36,556 THROUGH THE PROGRAM 290 00:07:36,622 --> 00:07:37,790 WILL BE WONDERFUL. 291 00:07:44,597 --> 00:07:45,698 I WOULD SAY THE LEAST 292 00:07:45,765 --> 00:07:46,699 EXTRAORDINARY THING 293 00:07:46,766 --> 00:07:48,501 IS I-- I'M A PERCUSSIONIST. 294 00:07:48,568 --> 00:07:49,669 I LOVE TO PLAY THE DRUMS, 295 00:07:49,735 --> 00:07:51,170 AND SO, YOU KNOW, 296 00:07:51,237 --> 00:07:52,405 IF YOU HEAR A GOOD BEAT, 297 00:07:52,471 --> 00:07:53,973 AND, UH, YOU KNOW, 298 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,408 ON SOMEBODY'S SOUND SYSTEM, 299 00:07:55,474 --> 00:07:55,975 I'M USUALLY THE ONE 300 00:07:56,042 --> 00:07:57,410 TAPPING MY THUMB 301 00:07:57,476 --> 00:07:58,277 AND TRYING TO MAKE A BEAT 302 00:07:58,344 --> 00:07:59,512 OUT OF IT, AND, UH, 303 00:07:59,579 --> 00:08:00,346 JUST SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE 304 00:08:00,413 --> 00:08:01,681 WITH PEOPLE AROUND ME, SO-- 305 00:08:01,747 --> 00:08:03,549 UM, DEFINITELY A MUSIC PERSON 306 00:08:03,616 --> 00:08:04,584 WITHIN THE, UH-- 307 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:06,252 THE DRUMMING FIELD. 308 00:08:13,826 --> 00:08:14,794 I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT 309 00:08:14,861 --> 00:08:16,295 THE THOUGHT OF GOING TO 310 00:08:16,362 --> 00:08:16,996 ANOTHER PLANET, 311 00:08:17,063 --> 00:08:18,431 AND MAKING SURE WE CAN SUSTAIN 312 00:08:18,497 --> 00:08:20,032 A PRESENCE, BECUASE IF 313 00:08:20,099 --> 00:08:20,900 YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 314 00:08:20,967 --> 00:08:21,868 THERE ARE SO MANY RESOURCES 315 00:08:21,934 --> 00:08:23,436 OUT THERE FOR US 316 00:08:23,502 --> 00:08:24,570 TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, 317 00:08:24,637 --> 00:08:25,571 AND WE DON'T HAVE 318 00:08:25,638 --> 00:08:27,306 THAT MANY LEFT HERE ON EARTH, 319 00:08:27,373 --> 00:08:28,407 UM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT 320 00:08:28,474 --> 00:08:29,175 FOR US TO BE ABLE TO 321 00:08:29,242 --> 00:08:30,710 PUSH OURSELVES SO WE CAN 322 00:08:30,776 --> 00:08:31,477 UNDERSTAND HOW TO 323 00:08:31,544 --> 00:08:32,845 SURVIVE AS A SPECIES, 324 00:08:32,912 --> 00:08:34,480 A MULTI-PLANETARY SPECIES, 325 00:08:34,547 --> 00:08:35,715 UM, BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF 326 00:08:35,781 --> 00:08:36,449 THINGS IN THE FUTURE 327 00:08:36,515 --> 00:08:37,683 THAT ARE COMING THAT 328 00:08:37,750 --> 00:08:38,251 WE NEED TO KIND OF 329 00:08:38,317 --> 00:08:39,252 GET READY FOR, 330 00:08:39,318 --> 00:08:40,052 AND MAKE SURE THAT 331 00:08:40,119 --> 00:08:41,621 WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ADAPT. 332 00:08:48,861 --> 00:08:49,695 I ALMOST FORWARD-- 333 00:08:49,762 --> 00:08:51,397 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 334 00:08:51,464 --> 00:08:52,632 BEING ABLE TO SEE EARTH 335 00:08:52,698 --> 00:08:54,100 FROM THE SPACE STATION, 336 00:08:54,166 --> 00:08:55,368 OR FROM WHATEVER LAUNCH VEHICLE 337 00:08:55,434 --> 00:08:57,370 I'M IN, AND BEING ABLE TO 338 00:08:57,436 --> 00:08:59,438 REALLY FIND A FEW DIFFERENT 339 00:08:59,505 --> 00:09:00,573 DISCOVERIES THAT CHANGES 340 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:02,308 THE WAY WE SEE THE UNIVERSE. 341 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:02,808 I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT 342 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:04,110 IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT, 343 00:09:04,176 --> 00:09:04,777 THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT 344 00:09:04,844 --> 00:09:05,511 WE CAN BRING BACK 345 00:09:05,578 --> 00:09:08,214 AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. 346 00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:14,053 OUTSIDE OF WORK, 347 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:15,421 I ENJOY TRAVELING A LOT. 348 00:09:15,488 --> 00:09:16,756 UM, MY WIFE AND I, 349 00:09:16,822 --> 00:09:18,324 WE LOVE TO TRAVEL. 350 00:09:18,391 --> 00:09:19,558 WE’RE VERY ADVENTUROUS. 351 00:09:19,625 --> 00:09:20,359 UM, WE DEFINITELY DO 352 00:09:20,426 --> 00:09:22,128 A LOT OF HIKING, WE DOH-- 353 00:09:22,194 --> 00:09:23,262 WE’VE DONE THE GRAND CANYON, 354 00:09:23,329 --> 00:09:24,563 YOU KNOW, YOSEMITE PARK, 355 00:09:24,630 --> 00:09:25,731 AND THEN ALSO HANGING OUT 356 00:09:25,798 --> 00:09:26,432 WITH FRIENDS, 357 00:09:26,499 --> 00:09:27,433 GOING TO THE GYM, 358 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:28,834 LOVE TO DO WORKOUTS, 359 00:09:28,901 --> 00:09:29,602 UH, PLAY SPORTS 360 00:09:29,669 --> 00:09:31,837 WHENEVER I CAN, AND, UH, 361 00:09:31,904 --> 00:09:32,338 STAY IN TOUCH WITH 362 00:09:32,405 --> 00:09:33,773 SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES. 363 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:42,882 THE BEST ADVICE I’VE RECEIVED-- 364 00:09:42,949 --> 00:09:43,349 AND I CAN’T REMEMBER 365 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:44,617 WHO IT’S FROM-- 366 00:09:44,684 --> 00:09:45,818 UH, ONE OF THE FOLKS 367 00:09:45,885 --> 00:09:46,919 THAT TALKED TO US AT 368 00:09:46,986 --> 00:09:48,187 THE INTERVIEW PROCESS WAS, 369 00:09:48,254 --> 00:09:49,522 YOU KNOW, IF-- ONCE YOU MAKE IT, 370 00:09:49,588 --> 00:09:51,791 IT’S A PLACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, 371 00:09:51,857 --> 00:09:52,725 WE’VE BEEN ACHIEVING 372 00:09:52,792 --> 00:09:53,459 OUR WHOLE LIVES, 373 00:09:53,526 --> 00:09:55,361 BUT WHEN YOU’RE IN IT, 374 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:55,795 YOU’RE REALLY JUST 375 00:09:55,861 --> 00:09:56,996 WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, 376 00:09:57,063 --> 00:09:57,663 AND YOU’RE TRYING 377 00:09:57,730 --> 00:09:59,265 TO FOCUS ON THE MISSION, 378 00:09:59,332 --> 00:09:59,899 THEN EVERYBODY HERE 379 00:09:59,966 --> 00:10:01,100 IS YOUR-YOUR EQUAL, 380 00:10:01,167 --> 00:10:02,101 SO IT’LL BE NICE 381 00:10:02,168 --> 00:10:03,869 TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, 382 00:10:03,936 --> 00:10:05,137 THRIVE FROM EACH OTHER 383 00:10:05,204 --> 00:10:05,871 AND FEED OFF OF EACH OTHER 384 00:10:05,938 --> 00:10:07,273 TO DO BIGGER THINGS. 385 00:10:13,779 --> 00:10:15,081 FOR ME, IT WOULD BE MARS, 386 00:10:15,147 --> 00:10:16,148 BECAUSE IT’S DEFINITELY 387 00:10:16,215 --> 00:10:17,550 ONE OF THOSE PLACES 388 00:10:17,616 --> 00:10:19,385 THAT’S CHALLENGING TO GO TO, 389 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:20,886 BUT IT WOULD SHOW THAT 390 00:10:20,953 --> 00:10:21,587 THE THINGS THAT WE DO 391 00:10:21,654 --> 00:10:23,522 AT THE MOON WERE SUCCESSFUL, 392 00:10:23,589 --> 00:10:24,557 AND THAT WE CAN GO FURTHER 393 00:10:24,623 --> 00:10:26,258 THAN WE’VE EVER GONE BEFORE 394 00:10:26,325 --> 00:10:27,493 AND SUSTAIN PRESENCE THERE 395 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:29,395 FOR FUTURE THINGS TO COME. 396 00:10:36,836 --> 00:10:38,637 ONE GOOD TIP I WOULD LIKE 397 00:10:38,704 --> 00:10:40,373 TO RECOMMEND FOR FOLKS OUT THERE 398 00:10:40,439 --> 00:10:41,941 IS WHEN YOU’RE STUDYING 399 00:10:42,008 --> 00:10:43,242 FOR EITHER AN EXAM 400 00:10:43,309 --> 00:10:45,177 OR DOING A BUNCH OF HOMEWORK, 401 00:10:45,244 --> 00:10:46,045 TRY TO BREAK IT DOWN 402 00:10:46,112 --> 00:10:47,480 INTO SMALLER STEPS 403 00:10:47,546 --> 00:10:48,114 SO IT’S SOMETHING 404 00:10:48,180 --> 00:10:49,215 THAT YOU CAN COMPREHEND, 405 00:10:49,281 --> 00:10:50,583 TAKE A BREAK FROM IT 406 00:10:50,649 --> 00:10:52,551 WHEN YOU CAN TO LET YOUR BRAIN 407 00:10:52,618 --> 00:10:53,419 TAKE THE INFORMATION 408 00:10:53,486 --> 00:10:54,186 AND SINK IN, 409 00:10:54,253 --> 00:10:55,054 AND THEN COME BACK TO IT. 410 00:10:55,121 --> 00:10:56,288 BUT TAKING, YOU KNOW, 411 00:10:56,355 --> 00:10:57,923 SHORT BREAKS IN SHORT 412 00:10:57,990 --> 00:10:58,958 DURATION SPURTS 413 00:10:59,025 --> 00:10:59,859 TO LEARN MATERIAL 414 00:10:59,925 --> 00:11:01,060 HELPS YOU REINFORCE 415 00:11:01,127 --> 00:11:02,128 WHAT YOU’RE-YOU’RE READING 416 00:11:02,194 --> 00:11:03,596 OR-OR UNDERSTANDING. 417 00:11:10,436 --> 00:11:11,404 SO, FOR ME, 418 00:11:11,470 --> 00:11:13,239 WHAT INSPIRED ME INTO STEM 419 00:11:13,305 --> 00:11:15,141 WAS BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND 420 00:11:15,207 --> 00:11:16,409 HOW THE PHYSICAL WORLD 421 00:11:16,475 --> 00:11:18,144 IS DESCRIBED IN MATHEMATICS. 422 00:11:18,210 --> 00:11:19,578 SO WHEN I WAS A KID, 423 00:11:19,645 --> 00:11:21,781 I WAS ALWAYS BUILDING WITH LEGOS 424 00:11:21,847 --> 00:11:25,217 OR K’NEX SETS AND OTHER ITEMS, 425 00:11:25,284 --> 00:11:26,886 AND ALSO WATCHING HOW, LIKE, 426 00:11:26,952 --> 00:11:28,220 WHEN I PLAYED SPORTS, 427 00:11:28,287 --> 00:11:29,555 BALLS WERE EITHER KICKED 428 00:11:29,622 --> 00:11:31,057 ACROSS THE FIELD AND WHY 429 00:11:31,123 --> 00:11:32,825 THEY WENT CERTAIN DISTANCES, 430 00:11:32,892 --> 00:11:33,559 AND SO, WHEN I STARTED 431 00:11:33,626 --> 00:11:35,394 UNDERSTANDING PHYSICS, 432 00:11:35,461 --> 00:11:36,595 IT’S WHEN I REALIZED, WOW, 433 00:11:36,662 --> 00:11:38,264 THERE ARE MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS 434 00:11:38,330 --> 00:11:40,266 THAT GOVERN HOW ALL THIS WORKS, 435 00:11:40,332 --> 00:11:41,167 AND ALSO FOR THINGS, 436 00:11:41,233 --> 00:11:42,268 WHEN THEY’RE BEING BUILT, 437 00:11:42,334 --> 00:11:43,903 HOW STRONG THEY CAN BE, 438 00:11:43,969 --> 00:11:45,204 AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME 439 00:11:45,271 --> 00:11:47,473 I REALIZED I CAN REALLY CREATE, 440 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:49,408 FROM MY MIND TO THE REAL WORLD, 441 00:11:49,475 --> 00:11:50,076 WHATEVER IT IS 442 00:11:50,142 --> 00:11:51,177 THAT I WANNA CREATE 443 00:11:51,243 --> 00:11:52,645 WITHIN THE LAWS OF PHYSICS, 444 00:11:52,711 --> 00:11:55,414 AND THAT JUST REALLY, YOU KNOW, 445 00:11:55,481 --> 00:11:56,015 MADE ME TAKE OFF 446 00:11:56,082 --> 00:11:57,983 INTO THE WORLD OF STEM. 447 00:11:58,050 --> 00:11:59,952 IT WAS, UH, A REALLY, YOU KNOW, 448 00:12:00,019 --> 00:12:01,020 EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE, 449 00:12:01,087 --> 00:12:02,721 TO-TO GO TO THE PHYSICS CLASSES 450 00:12:02,788 --> 00:12:04,490 AND DO THOSE-THOSE CLASSES. 451 00:12:11,263 --> 00:12:11,931 SO IN SCHOOL, 452 00:12:11,997 --> 00:12:13,766 ONE THING THAT I SOMETIMES 453 00:12:13,833 --> 00:12:14,900 STRUGGLED WITH WAS MEMORIZING 454 00:12:14,967 --> 00:12:16,402 A LOT OF INFORMATION. 455 00:12:16,469 --> 00:12:17,536 UM, AND EVEN 456 00:12:17,603 --> 00:12:19,271 THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, 457 00:12:19,338 --> 00:12:19,905 SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LEARN 458 00:12:19,972 --> 00:12:20,873 A LOT OF INFORMATION 459 00:12:20,940 --> 00:12:22,908 AND MAKE SURE YOU REMEMBER IT, 460 00:12:22,975 --> 00:12:24,076 AND ONE THING I STARTED DOING 461 00:12:24,143 --> 00:12:25,945 WAS CREATING ACRONYMS FOR THINGS 462 00:12:26,011 --> 00:12:27,379 THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REMEMBER. 463 00:12:27,446 --> 00:12:28,681 LIKE, IN MY BIOLOGY CLASSES, 464 00:12:28,747 --> 00:12:29,482 IF I HAD TO REMEMBER 465 00:12:29,548 --> 00:12:31,450 CERTAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS 466 00:12:31,517 --> 00:12:32,818 FOR NAMES OF SPECIES, 467 00:12:32,885 --> 00:12:33,886 I WOULD TRY TO CREATE AN ACRONYM 468 00:12:33,953 --> 00:12:35,121 TO HELP ME REMEMBER. 469 00:12:35,187 --> 00:12:36,422 SO, COMPARTMENTALIZING 470 00:12:36,489 --> 00:12:37,123 THAT INFORMATION 471 00:12:37,189 --> 00:12:38,124 AND INTO AN ACRONYM 472 00:12:38,190 --> 00:12:39,959 HELPS WITH STORINGS THINGS 473 00:12:40,025 --> 00:12:41,227 FOR MEMORY.