1 00:00:15,915 --> 00:00:17,350 >> UH, MY NAME IS LUKE DELANEY. 2 00:00:17,350 --> 00:00:19,819 UH, I'M A RETIRED MAJOR 3 00:00:19,819 --> 00:00:20,854 FROM THE MARINE CORP. 4 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:21,821 BEEN WORKIN' AT NASA LANGLEY 5 00:00:21,821 --> 00:00:23,923 AS A RESEARCH PILOT AND I'M NOW 6 00:00:23,923 --> 00:00:26,025 AN ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE. 7 00:00:31,498 --> 00:00:34,234 UH, I'M FROM DeBARY, FLORIDA, 8 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:35,535 WHICH IS A SMALL TOWN 9 00:00:35,535 --> 00:00:37,570 IN KINDA CENTRAL FLORIDA REGION. 10 00:00:37,570 --> 00:00:38,938 UH, GROWIN' UP THERE IN THE-- 11 00:00:38,938 --> 00:00:41,641 IN THE 90s WAS KIND OF A-A-- 12 00:00:41,641 --> 00:00:43,576 REALLY SMALL AND ISOLATED 13 00:00:43,576 --> 00:00:44,577 DOWN THERE. 14 00:00:44,577 --> 00:00:46,346 SO, IT'S GROWN SO MUCH. 15 00:00:46,346 --> 00:00:47,380 WHEN I GO BACK DOWN THERE, 16 00:00:47,380 --> 00:00:48,615 IT'S ALMOST HARD TO RECOGNIZE. 17 00:00:48,615 --> 00:00:50,884 BUT I THINK, UH, GAVE ME 18 00:00:50,884 --> 00:00:51,918 A LOT OF TIME FOR OUTDOORS 19 00:00:51,918 --> 00:00:52,652 AND-AND DOIN' THINGS 20 00:00:52,652 --> 00:00:53,253 IN THE WOODS 21 00:00:53,253 --> 00:00:55,688 AND JUST EXPLORIN', UH, 22 00:00:55,688 --> 00:00:56,656 DIFFERENT AREAS. 23 00:00:56,656 --> 00:00:57,724 I'M-I'M A BIG OUTDOORS PERSON 24 00:00:57,724 --> 00:00:59,192 AND I THINK-- WE LIVED 25 00:00:59,192 --> 00:01:00,326 ON A LAKE AND-AND HAD 26 00:01:00,326 --> 00:01:02,695 AN OPPORTUNITY TO KINDA, UH, 27 00:01:02,695 --> 00:01:05,298 ENJOY THOSE ASPECTS. 28 00:01:11,704 --> 00:01:14,007 UH, I JUST RECENTLY RETIRED 29 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:15,108 AND-AND WAS WORKIN' ON 30 00:01:15,108 --> 00:01:15,875 RESEARCH PROJECTS 31 00:01:15,875 --> 00:01:17,277 FOR AIRBORNE SCIENCE 32 00:01:17,277 --> 00:01:18,378 OVER AT NASA LANGLEY. 33 00:01:18,378 --> 00:01:19,979 SO, WE'VE BEEN BUSY FLYIN' 34 00:01:19,979 --> 00:01:21,047 AND EXECUTIN', UH, 35 00:01:21,047 --> 00:01:21,848 DIFFERENT MISSIONS 36 00:01:21,848 --> 00:01:22,715 FOR-FOR ATMOSPHERIC 37 00:01:22,715 --> 00:01:25,552 DATA COLLECTION. 38 00:01:30,457 --> 00:01:31,291 YOU KNOW, THAT'S-- 39 00:01:31,291 --> 00:01:32,258 I THINK A NASA ASTRONAUT 40 00:01:32,258 --> 00:01:34,627 EMBODIES A TON OF DIFFERENT 41 00:01:34,627 --> 00:01:37,096 QUALITIES AND, UM-- 42 00:01:37,096 --> 00:01:38,264 SOMEBODY WHO CAN 43 00:01:38,264 --> 00:01:39,132 MANAGE UNCERTAINTY. 44 00:01:39,132 --> 00:01:40,700 SOMEBODY WHO'S ADAPTABLE. 45 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:43,169 YOU KNOW, READY TO GO PLACES 46 00:01:43,169 --> 00:01:44,838 WHERE NOBODY'S BEEN BEFORE. 47 00:01:44,838 --> 00:01:47,006 SO, I-I THINK, UM, 48 00:01:47,006 --> 00:01:49,108 IT'S KINDA HARD TO QUANTIFY 49 00:01:49,108 --> 00:01:50,543 WHAT A NASA ASTRONAUT 50 00:01:50,543 --> 00:01:51,110 REALLY IS. 51 00:01:51,110 --> 00:01:52,512 IT'S SO DIVERSE AND, UH, 52 00:01:52,512 --> 00:01:54,314 THERE'S SO MANY WAYS, UH, 53 00:01:54,314 --> 00:01:56,316 TO MEET THAT CRITERIA, 54 00:01:56,316 --> 00:01:58,251 BUT IT'S JUST, UM, 55 00:01:58,251 --> 00:01:59,819 ONE OF THOSE INTANGIBLE THINGS 56 00:01:59,819 --> 00:02:00,954 TO ME, IN TERMS 57 00:02:00,954 --> 00:02:03,156 OF WHAT A NASA ASTRONAUT IS. 58 00:02:09,729 --> 00:02:10,463 THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 59 00:02:10,463 --> 00:02:11,598 I THINK I WANTED TO BE 60 00:02:11,598 --> 00:02:13,266 AN ASTRONAUT WHEN, UH-- 61 00:02:13,266 --> 00:02:14,067 YOU KNOW, GROWIN' UP 62 00:02:14,067 --> 00:02:15,401 IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, 63 00:02:15,401 --> 00:02:17,136 GOT TO SEE SOME LAUNCHES. 64 00:02:17,136 --> 00:02:19,072 GOT SOME EXPOSURE TO THAT. 65 00:02:19,072 --> 00:02:20,540 I THINK IT WAS A BIG, UH-- 66 00:02:20,540 --> 00:02:22,542 IT WAS KIND OF A BIG EFFORT 67 00:02:22,542 --> 00:02:23,710 OR BIG ENDEAVOR 68 00:02:23,710 --> 00:02:24,644 AT-AT THE SCHOOLS 69 00:02:24,644 --> 00:02:25,645 AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 70 00:02:25,645 --> 00:02:28,047 AND YOU GET A LOT OF EXPOSURE 71 00:02:28,047 --> 00:02:28,815 TO THOSE KINDA THINGS. 72 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:30,149 AND TO ME, SCIENCE 73 00:02:30,149 --> 00:02:31,284 AND TECHNOLOGY AND MATH, 74 00:02:31,284 --> 00:02:33,720 ALL THOSE WERE-WERE AREAS 75 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:34,821 OF INTEREST. 76 00:02:34,821 --> 00:02:37,624 SO, UM, IT JUST MADE SENSE. 77 00:02:37,624 --> 00:02:38,591 AND I-- THE CHALLENGING PART 78 00:02:38,591 --> 00:02:40,293 WAS JUST FINDIN' A WAY, 79 00:02:40,293 --> 00:02:41,861 YOU KNOW, TO NAVIGATE THAT PATH 80 00:02:41,861 --> 00:02:43,897 AND, UH, THE MILITARY 81 00:02:43,897 --> 00:02:45,632 WAS-WAS THE OPTION I CHOSE. 82 00:02:45,632 --> 00:02:47,066 AND, UH, IT'S BEEN QUITE 83 00:02:47,066 --> 00:02:48,902 A JOURNEY. 84 00:02:55,041 --> 00:02:56,075 YOU KNOW, IT WAS DIFFERENT 85 00:02:56,075 --> 00:02:56,943 THAN I EXPECTED. 86 00:02:56,943 --> 00:02:58,077 THE SELECTION PROCESS. 87 00:02:58,077 --> 00:03:00,847 UM, I KIND OF ANTICIPATED A, 88 00:03:00,847 --> 00:03:03,449 UH-- A-A MORE RIGID ENVIRONMENT, 89 00:03:03,449 --> 00:03:04,183 POTENTIALLY? 90 00:03:04,183 --> 00:03:05,618 BUT I-I THOUGHT THE EXCHANGES, 91 00:03:05,618 --> 00:03:07,253 THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WAS SET UP 92 00:03:07,253 --> 00:03:08,187 WAS REALLY GREAT 93 00:03:08,187 --> 00:03:09,622 FOR INTERACTION. 94 00:03:09,622 --> 00:03:10,924 AND-AND THEY'RE LOOKIN' TO FIND 95 00:03:10,924 --> 00:03:12,158 THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB 96 00:03:12,158 --> 00:03:13,059 AND AT THE SAME TIME, 97 00:03:13,059 --> 00:03:14,561 YOU'RE LOOKIN' TO MAKE SURE 98 00:03:14,561 --> 00:03:15,795 THAT JOB FITS YOU. 99 00:03:15,795 --> 00:03:17,664 UH, SO, GOIN' THROUGH 100 00:03:17,664 --> 00:03:18,865 THAT AND-AND DOIN' 101 00:03:18,865 --> 00:03:19,799 THE DIFFERENT EVALUATIONS 102 00:03:19,799 --> 00:03:22,635 AND THE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS, 103 00:03:22,635 --> 00:03:25,104 UH, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE ADULT 104 00:03:25,104 --> 00:03:26,573 SPACE CAMP IN A LOT OF WAYS. 105 00:03:26,573 --> 00:03:27,640 IT WAS REALLY EXCITING 106 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:30,476 AND JUST GREAT TO HAVE EXPOSURE 107 00:03:30,476 --> 00:03:32,445 TO KIND OF A LOT 108 00:03:32,445 --> 00:03:33,112 OF THE FACILITIES 109 00:03:33,112 --> 00:03:35,415 AND-AND, UM, TRAINING EVENTS 110 00:03:35,415 --> 00:03:36,716 THAT'S-- THAT MIGHT BE COMIN' UP 111 00:03:36,716 --> 00:03:39,285 IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS HERE. 112 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:46,292 SO, THE PHONE CALL 113 00:03:46,292 --> 00:03:47,093 FOR ME MIGHT BE 114 00:03:47,093 --> 00:03:48,595 A LITTLE BIT ANTICLIMACTIC. 115 00:03:48,595 --> 00:03:50,063 IT WAS, UH, UM, 116 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:51,631 IN BETWEEN MEETINGS 117 00:03:51,631 --> 00:03:53,066 IN A TELEWORK ENVIRONMENT, UH, 118 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:54,367 WORKIN' OVER THERE AT LANGLEY 119 00:03:54,367 --> 00:03:56,536 AND, UM, I KINDA WAS EXPECTING 120 00:03:56,536 --> 00:03:57,503 A PHONE CALL AT SOME POINT 121 00:03:57,503 --> 00:03:58,838 THAT WEEK. 122 00:03:58,838 --> 00:04:00,540 BUT, UH, HONESTLY, 123 00:04:00,540 --> 00:04:01,507 I WAS EXPECTING A PHONE CALL 124 00:04:01,507 --> 00:04:02,976 SAYIN' I-I WASN'T SELECTED. 125 00:04:02,976 --> 00:04:04,811 I-I-I HAD MET SO MANY PEOPLE, 126 00:04:04,811 --> 00:04:07,213 UM, WITH IMPRESSIVE RESUMES 127 00:04:07,213 --> 00:04:08,247 AND BACKGROUNDS AND JUST KIND 128 00:04:08,247 --> 00:04:10,216 OF, YOU KNOW, INSPIRING 129 00:04:10,216 --> 00:04:11,851 JUST TALKIN' TO THOSE FOLKS 130 00:04:11,851 --> 00:04:12,852 GOIN' THROUGH THE PROCESS. 131 00:04:12,852 --> 00:04:14,921 BUT, UM-- SO, I HAD MY-- 132 00:04:14,921 --> 00:04:16,489 UH, READY TO THANK PEOPLE 133 00:04:16,489 --> 00:04:17,790 FOR-FOR, YOU KNOW, 134 00:04:17,790 --> 00:04:18,825 THE OPPORTUNITY AND ALL 135 00:04:18,825 --> 00:04:20,093 THESE THINGS AND IT REALLY 136 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:21,060 CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD. 137 00:04:21,060 --> 00:04:22,428 SO, UH, I THINK 138 00:04:22,428 --> 00:04:23,663 I SKIPPED RIGHT THROUGH 139 00:04:23,663 --> 00:04:24,664 THE EXCITEMENT PIECE 140 00:04:24,664 --> 00:04:26,933 AND RIGHT INTO QUESTIONS 141 00:04:26,933 --> 00:04:27,867 AND "OH, WHAT'S NEXT? 142 00:04:27,867 --> 00:04:29,102 "WHAT'S THE NEXT, UH-- 143 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:30,637 "WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT?" 144 00:04:30,637 --> 00:04:33,172 AND HONESTLY, I-I ASKED 145 00:04:33,172 --> 00:04:34,507 IF I COULD GET BACK TO THEM, 146 00:04:34,507 --> 00:04:35,375 WHICH IS PROBABLY 147 00:04:35,375 --> 00:04:36,175 NOT THE NORMAL RESPONSE 148 00:04:36,175 --> 00:04:37,777 THEY HEAR. 149 00:04:37,777 --> 00:04:40,513 UM, WHEN I-- MY WIFE WASN'T HOME 150 00:04:40,513 --> 00:04:41,214 AT THE TIME AND I WANTED 151 00:04:41,214 --> 00:04:42,281 TO SHARE THAT WITH HER 152 00:04:42,281 --> 00:04:43,483 AND MAKE SURE-- YOU KNOW, 153 00:04:43,483 --> 00:04:44,317 IT'S A LONG PROCESS. 154 00:04:44,317 --> 00:04:45,318 THERE'S SEVERAL MONTHS 155 00:04:45,318 --> 00:04:46,252 OF INTERVIEWING 156 00:04:46,252 --> 00:04:46,986 AND THINGS LIKE THAT, 157 00:04:46,986 --> 00:04:47,820 SO LIFE IS HAPPENING AND THINGS 158 00:04:47,820 --> 00:04:48,755 ARE CHANGIN' SO, 159 00:04:48,755 --> 00:04:50,289 I-I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE 160 00:04:50,289 --> 00:04:51,557 THIS WAS THE BEST, UH, 161 00:04:51,557 --> 00:04:53,126 CHOICE FOR US AT THIS TIME. 162 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:54,160 AND SO, MAYBE THAT WAS 163 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:55,028 A LITTLE BIT, UH, 164 00:04:55,028 --> 00:04:56,663 UNEXPECTED FOR BOTH SIDE. 165 00:04:56,663 --> 00:04:57,330 FOR BOTH ME, 166 00:04:57,330 --> 00:04:58,031 'CAUSE I WASN'T EXPECTIN' 167 00:04:58,031 --> 00:04:59,465 THE SELECTION, TO BE HONEST, 168 00:04:59,465 --> 00:05:00,967 AND THEN FOR THE, UH-- 169 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:02,301 FOR THE FOLKS ON THE OTHER END 170 00:05:02,301 --> 00:05:03,636 OF THE PHONE NOT GETTING 171 00:05:03,636 --> 00:05:04,637 AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE OR MAYBE 172 00:05:04,637 --> 00:05:06,606 AS EXCITED RESPONSE AS THEY GET 173 00:05:06,606 --> 00:05:08,641 FROM OTHER APPLICANTS. 174 00:05:15,181 --> 00:05:17,350 UM, I THINK, A LOTTA UNCERTAINTY 175 00:05:17,350 --> 00:05:18,985 IN TECHNOLOGY AND WHERE-WHERE 176 00:05:18,985 --> 00:05:21,554 THINGS ARE HEADED AND HOW FAST-- 177 00:05:21,554 --> 00:05:24,457 HOW FAST THE, UH, SPACE, UM, 178 00:05:24,457 --> 00:05:26,159 EXPLORATION ASPECT 179 00:05:26,159 --> 00:05:27,794 HAS REALLY RAMPED UP. 180 00:05:27,794 --> 00:05:29,095 UM, SO, WHEN I'M THINKIN' ABOUT 181 00:05:29,095 --> 00:05:31,130 WHAT MOTIVATES AND INSPIRES, 182 00:05:31,130 --> 00:05:32,365 JUST LOOKIN' AT ALL 183 00:05:32,365 --> 00:05:33,166 THE DIFFERENT TRACKS THAT ARE 184 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:35,234 OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, UM, 185 00:05:35,234 --> 00:05:36,669 UH, FOR COMMERCIAL EXPLORATION. 186 00:05:36,669 --> 00:05:37,470 AND-AND JUST WHERE THINGS 187 00:05:37,470 --> 00:05:38,037 ARE HEADED. 188 00:05:38,037 --> 00:05:40,339 IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. 189 00:05:40,339 --> 00:05:41,407 AND WE'RE REALLY RAMPIN' UP, 190 00:05:41,407 --> 00:05:42,175 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, 191 00:05:42,175 --> 00:05:43,009 IN TERMS OF A LOTTA DIFFERENT, 192 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:44,477 UH, EFFORTS. 193 00:05:44,477 --> 00:05:47,213 I'M-I-M EXCITED FOR THAT. 194 00:05:53,419 --> 00:05:55,254 YEAH, THAT-- I THINK FROM-- 195 00:05:55,254 --> 00:05:56,355 GOIN' A WAYS BACK HERE. 196 00:05:56,355 --> 00:05:57,857 TRYIN' TO, UH, TALK ABOUT, 197 00:05:57,857 --> 00:05:59,292 UH, DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL 198 00:05:59,292 --> 00:06:01,461 ACTIVITIES AND-AND TEACHERS. 199 00:06:01,461 --> 00:06:03,396 I-- THERE WAS ONE TEACHER, 200 00:06:03,396 --> 00:06:04,864 UM, FROM DeLAND HIGH SCHOOL. 201 00:06:04,864 --> 00:06:07,266 UH, MISS EBERT. 202 00:06:07,266 --> 00:06:10,603 AND-AND SHE HAD A-A WAY 203 00:06:10,603 --> 00:06:11,971 OF JUST BRINGING MATH 204 00:06:11,971 --> 00:06:13,339 AND BRINGIN' IT FROM 205 00:06:13,339 --> 00:06:14,474 A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE 206 00:06:14,474 --> 00:06:17,243 A-AND MOTIVATIN', UM, STUDENTS 207 00:06:17,243 --> 00:06:18,244 AND I THINK THAT REALLY, 208 00:06:18,244 --> 00:06:19,912 UH, WAS SOMETHIN' 209 00:06:19,912 --> 00:06:21,414 I JUST PICKED UP ON. 210 00:06:21,414 --> 00:06:22,648 AND-AND HER EXCITEMENT 211 00:06:22,648 --> 00:06:24,817 AND, UM, THE-- 212 00:06:24,817 --> 00:06:26,018 AND THE, YOU KNOW, LOVE FOR THAT 213 00:06:26,018 --> 00:06:27,520 WAS SOMETHIN' I-I WAS REALLY 214 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:29,021 ENJOYIN' THE CLASSES 215 00:06:29,021 --> 00:06:31,390 AND-AND, UM, YEAH. 216 00:06:31,390 --> 00:06:32,358 THAT'S-- WHEN I-- 217 00:06:32,358 --> 00:06:33,025 WHEN I THINK BACK, 218 00:06:33,025 --> 00:06:33,693 THAT WAS REALLY A-- 219 00:06:33,693 --> 00:06:34,794 ALMOST A TURNING POINT FOR-- 220 00:06:34,794 --> 00:06:35,795 I ALWAYS DID WELL 221 00:06:35,795 --> 00:06:37,130 IN SCHOOL, BUT JUST HAVIN' 222 00:06:37,130 --> 00:06:38,598 THAT KIND OF A-A MENTOR 223 00:06:38,598 --> 00:06:40,600 AT THAT POINT, UM, 224 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:41,601 FOR THE DIFFERENT MATH 225 00:06:41,601 --> 00:06:42,502 AND SCIENCE APPLICATIONS, 226 00:06:42,502 --> 00:06:47,039 THAT WAS AMAZING. 227 00:06:50,810 --> 00:06:51,344 I THINK A LITTLE BIT 228 00:06:51,344 --> 00:06:52,245 OF EVERYTHING. 229 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:52,945 UH, FROM-- WHEN YOU LOOK 230 00:06:52,945 --> 00:06:54,413 AT WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR TRAINING 231 00:06:54,413 --> 00:06:55,782 ON THE ASTRONAUT, 232 00:06:55,782 --> 00:06:57,383 UH, ON THE CANDIDATE SIDE, 233 00:06:57,383 --> 00:06:59,452 IT'S, UH-- I-I DON'T-- 234 00:06:59,452 --> 00:07:00,319 I LIVE OUTSIDE 235 00:07:00,319 --> 00:07:01,387 OF MY COMFORT ZONE, IT SEEMS, 236 00:07:01,387 --> 00:07:02,321 MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, SO... 237 00:07:02,321 --> 00:07:03,356 AND THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE 238 00:07:03,356 --> 00:07:04,090 OF THOSE CASES AGAIN. 239 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:05,758 UH, WE'RE GONNA BE 240 00:07:05,758 --> 00:07:06,859 DOIN' TRAINING 241 00:07:06,859 --> 00:07:07,426 IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS 242 00:07:07,426 --> 00:07:08,628 THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH, SO-- 243 00:07:08,628 --> 00:07:10,062 I DO-- I COME FROM 244 00:07:10,062 --> 00:07:11,364 THE AVIATION BACKGROUND 245 00:07:11,364 --> 00:07:12,431 QUITE EXTENSIVELY, 246 00:07:12,431 --> 00:07:13,366 BUT WHEN IT COMES TO 247 00:07:13,366 --> 00:07:14,967 THESE OTHER THINGS, UH, 248 00:07:14,967 --> 00:07:16,169 LANGUAGE TRAINING, 249 00:07:16,169 --> 00:07:17,537 GEOLOGY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, 250 00:07:17,537 --> 00:07:18,471 THIS IS-- THIS IS REALLY 251 00:07:18,471 --> 00:07:19,438 EXCITING TO ME, 252 00:07:19,438 --> 00:07:20,373 'CAUSE IT'S SOMETHIN' 253 00:07:20,373 --> 00:07:21,073 I-I HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED 254 00:07:21,073 --> 00:07:22,508 AND I'M REALLY 255 00:07:22,508 --> 00:07:24,210 LOOKIN' FORWARD TO IT. 256 00:07:30,983 --> 00:07:32,718 UH, I'M BIG INTO THE OUTDOORS, 257 00:07:32,718 --> 00:07:34,187 SO I THINK I'M MORE 258 00:07:34,187 --> 00:07:35,454 OF A NATURE ENTHUSIAST. 259 00:07:35,454 --> 00:07:37,490 AND IT'S KINDA HOW-- 260 00:07:37,490 --> 00:07:39,859 UH, MY WIFE AND DAUGHTERS, 261 00:07:39,859 --> 00:07:41,327 WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN 262 00:07:41,327 --> 00:07:42,061 INTO DOIN' THINGS. 263 00:07:42,061 --> 00:07:42,895 UN-UNTIL THEY GOT 264 00:07:42,895 --> 00:07:43,863 A LITTLE OLDER, I GUESS 265 00:07:43,863 --> 00:07:44,664 AND-AND THEY'VE MOVE A LITTLE 266 00:07:44,664 --> 00:07:45,531 BIT AWAY FROM, UH, 267 00:07:45,531 --> 00:07:47,400 BEIN' OUTDOORS SO MUCH. 268 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,202 BUT, UH, I-I LIKE, UH, HIKING, 269 00:07:49,202 --> 00:07:51,204 UH, DIFFERENT TRAILS. 270 00:07:51,204 --> 00:07:51,971 I LOVE-- WE LOVE ANIMALS, 271 00:07:51,971 --> 00:07:54,473 SO JUST I-I LIVE ON 272 00:07:54,473 --> 00:07:55,975 A LITTLE 4-ACRE KINDA 273 00:07:55,975 --> 00:07:57,009 FARM HOUSE IN A-- 274 00:07:57,009 --> 00:07:58,544 IN A REALLY RURAL ENVIRONMENT, 275 00:07:58,544 --> 00:08:00,246 SO, UM-- AND WE'VE BEEN 276 00:08:00,246 --> 00:08:01,013 WORKIN' ON THAT FOR 277 00:08:01,013 --> 00:08:01,814 THE LAST YEAR OR SO. 278 00:08:01,814 --> 00:08:03,115 RENOVATING IT AND DOIN' 279 00:08:03,115 --> 00:08:04,550 ALL THESE ACTIVITIES. 280 00:08:04,550 --> 00:08:05,751 SO, I'M A HANDS-ON KIND 281 00:08:05,751 --> 00:08:06,886 OF APPROACH TO A LOT 282 00:08:06,886 --> 00:08:07,620 OF THINGS. 283 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:08,387 AND I-I ENJOY ALL 284 00:08:08,387 --> 00:08:12,124 THE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. 285 00:08:16,896 --> 00:08:17,997 YOU KNOW, I FEEL ALMOST 286 00:08:17,997 --> 00:08:19,398 IN THE LAST DECADE 287 00:08:19,398 --> 00:08:20,833 OR SO THINGS HAVE KINDA 288 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:22,168 REALLY BEEN PICKIN' UP, UH, 289 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:23,369 ON THE SPACE FRONT. 290 00:08:23,369 --> 00:08:25,671 SO, THE EXCITING ASPECTS-- 291 00:08:25,671 --> 00:08:26,405 I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKIN' 292 00:08:26,405 --> 00:08:27,306 AT SOME POTENTIAL 293 00:08:27,306 --> 00:08:28,875 DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION. 294 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:30,076 SO, GOIN' PLACES THAT-THAT 295 00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:32,011 REALLY, HUMANS HAVEN'T BEEN YET. 296 00:08:32,011 --> 00:08:32,745 AND THAT'S-- THERE'S 297 00:08:32,745 --> 00:08:33,813 A LOTTA UNCERTAINTY I THINK, 298 00:08:33,813 --> 00:08:34,814 AND SOME INHERENT RISK, 299 00:08:34,814 --> 00:08:36,148 BUT IT'S SO EXCITING 300 00:08:36,148 --> 00:08:37,016 TO THINK ABOUT WHAT COULD BE 301 00:08:37,016 --> 00:08:39,518 NEXT AND-AND WHAT LIES AHEAD 302 00:08:39,518 --> 00:08:40,987 FOR-FOR HUMANITY, REALLY. 303 00:08:40,987 --> 00:08:43,556 SO, THOSE ASPECTS EXCITE ME 304 00:08:43,556 --> 00:08:45,424 AND, UH, I-I'M REALLY 305 00:08:45,424 --> 00:08:46,158 LOOKIN' FORWARD 306 00:08:46,158 --> 00:08:47,293 TO ANY MOON MISSIONS 307 00:08:47,293 --> 00:08:50,463 OR DEEP SPACE ACTIVITIES. 308 00:08:56,636 --> 00:08:57,737 I-I THINK IT HAS TO BE. 309 00:08:57,737 --> 00:08:59,839 I-- THE-- MARS IS SO FAR OUT 310 00:08:59,839 --> 00:09:01,307 AND IT'S JUST HARD TO GRASP, 311 00:09:01,307 --> 00:09:04,143 UH, GOIN' SOMEWHERE THAT FAR OUT 312 00:09:04,143 --> 00:09:05,344 THIS SOON-- 313 00:09:05,344 --> 00:09:06,512 UH, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, 314 00:09:06,512 --> 00:09:08,114 THIS SOON-- UH, TO WHERE 315 00:09:08,114 --> 00:09:09,715 WE'RE AT IS CRAZY. 316 00:09:09,715 --> 00:09:11,217 AND I-I THINK, FOR ME, 317 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:12,852 THE MOON IS, UH, 318 00:09:12,852 --> 00:09:14,020 A LITTLE BIT MORE REALISTIC, 319 00:09:14,020 --> 00:09:15,254 ESPECIALLY IN MY TIMELINE. 320 00:09:15,254 --> 00:09:17,223 SO, THAT IS PROBABLY 321 00:09:17,223 --> 00:09:19,525 THE IDEAL DESTINATION. 322 00:09:26,365 --> 00:09:28,401 SO, THAT-THAT'S A-- WHEW. 323 00:09:28,401 --> 00:09:29,435 UH, A LOTTA-- A LOTTA, UH, 324 00:09:29,435 --> 00:09:31,137 INFORMATION THERE. 325 00:09:31,137 --> 00:09:32,305 WHEN WE'RE LOOKIN' AT-- 326 00:09:32,305 --> 00:09:33,139 SO, COMIN' FROM 327 00:09:33,139 --> 00:09:34,440 THE AIRBORNE SCIENCE OVER 328 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:35,808 AT NASA LANGLEY, UH, 329 00:09:35,808 --> 00:09:36,943 WE'VE BEEN WORKIN' ON ALL KINDS 330 00:09:36,943 --> 00:09:38,077 OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS FROM 331 00:09:38,077 --> 00:09:40,346 AVIATION SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS. 332 00:09:40,346 --> 00:09:41,280 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. 333 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:42,381 BUT A-- REALLY A LOT 334 00:09:42,381 --> 00:09:43,416 OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE. 335 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:46,218 UM, AND I THINK TRYIN' 336 00:09:46,218 --> 00:09:47,853 TO UNDERSTAND BETTER 337 00:09:47,853 --> 00:09:48,587 THE COMPLEXITIES 338 00:09:48,587 --> 00:09:50,056 OF-OF THIS PLANET 339 00:09:50,056 --> 00:09:51,123 AND HOW THINGS ARE CHANGING 340 00:09:51,123 --> 00:09:53,025 AND-AND, UH, HOW TO BEST, 341 00:09:53,025 --> 00:09:54,727 UH, HANDLE FUTURE, 342 00:09:54,727 --> 00:09:56,295 UH, CATASTROPHES, REALLY. 343 00:09:56,295 --> 00:09:57,096 I-I THINK A LOT 344 00:09:57,096 --> 00:09:58,364 OF THE-THE DATA COLLECTION 345 00:09:58,364 --> 00:09:59,031 THAT WE'RE LOOKIN' AT 346 00:09:59,031 --> 00:09:59,966 IS MAPPING OUT 347 00:09:59,966 --> 00:10:02,735 DIFFERENT AVENUES FOR, 348 00:10:02,735 --> 00:10:04,804 UM-- FOR OUR PLANET. 349 00:10:04,804 --> 00:10:05,538 AND THAT'S CRA-- 350 00:10:05,538 --> 00:10:06,305 YOU KNOW, THAT'S AWESOME. 351 00:10:06,305 --> 00:10:07,606 THAT'S GREAT TO KINDA BE 352 00:10:07,606 --> 00:10:08,674 AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT. 353 00:10:08,674 --> 00:10:09,909 AND SOME OF 354 00:10:09,909 --> 00:10:10,876 THE INTERESTING ASPECTS IS, 355 00:10:10,876 --> 00:10:11,711 OVER AT LANGLEY, 356 00:10:11,711 --> 00:10:12,545 WE'LL-WE'LL TAKE AN 357 00:10:12,545 --> 00:10:14,013 AIRCRAFT, MODIFY IT WITHIN 358 00:10:14,013 --> 00:10:16,349 A FEW MONTHS OR LESS FOR 359 00:10:16,349 --> 00:10:17,650 DIFFERENT, UH, INSTRUMENTATION, 360 00:10:17,650 --> 00:10:18,718 UH, AND THAT CAN BE 361 00:10:18,718 --> 00:10:19,719 ON THE OUTSIDE OR THE INSIDE 362 00:10:19,719 --> 00:10:20,586 OF THE AIRCRAFT, 363 00:10:20,586 --> 00:10:22,054 AND WE'LL TAKE THAT AIRCRAFT 364 00:10:22,054 --> 00:10:23,055 AND THEN GO OUT, UH, 365 00:10:23,055 --> 00:10:25,257 OVER OCEANS OR, YOU KNOW, 366 00:10:25,257 --> 00:10:26,425 ISLAND DESTINATIONS. 367 00:10:26,425 --> 00:10:28,027 PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE, REALLY. 368 00:10:28,027 --> 00:10:30,062 UH, AND-AND GET THE INFORMATION 369 00:10:30,062 --> 00:10:30,763 THAT THE SCIENTISTS 370 00:10:30,763 --> 00:10:32,031 ARE LOOKIN' FOR TO MAKE, 371 00:10:32,031 --> 00:10:33,132 UH-- YOU KNOW, 372 00:10:33,132 --> 00:10:34,200 MAKE THEIR ANALYSIS 373 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:35,334 AND MAKE THEIR REPORTS. 374 00:10:35,334 --> 00:10:36,535 AND THAT'S JUST 375 00:10:36,535 --> 00:10:37,470 A REALLY FUN ENVIRONMENT 376 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:38,504 TO BE IN. 377 00:10:38,504 --> 00:10:39,972 UM, I THINK THE SECOND PART 378 00:10:39,972 --> 00:10:41,173 OF THAT QUESTION WAS, 379 00:10:41,173 --> 00:10:42,842 UH, THE SPACE SIDE 380 00:10:42,842 --> 00:10:44,010 AND-AND WHAT KIND OF EXCITES ME 381 00:10:44,010 --> 00:10:46,379 THERE RELATIVE TO 382 00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:47,179 THE EARTH SCIENCE MISSION. 383 00:10:47,179 --> 00:10:47,980 AND THEY'RE DEFINITELY 384 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:49,181 CONNECTED, RIGHT? 385 00:10:49,181 --> 00:10:50,282 THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS 386 00:10:50,282 --> 00:10:51,384 WE LOOK AT O-ON OUR PLANET 387 00:10:51,384 --> 00:10:53,419 THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKIN' 388 00:10:53,419 --> 00:10:54,453 IN-IN D-- IN SPACE 389 00:10:54,453 --> 00:10:56,155 AND OTHER LOCATIONS. 390 00:10:56,155 --> 00:10:58,324 AND I-I THINK, UH, FOR ME, 391 00:10:58,324 --> 00:10:59,792 I DON'T DO A LOT OF IT NOW 392 00:10:59,792 --> 00:11:00,559 AT LANGLEY, 393 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:01,727 BUT THE GEOLOGY ASPECT 394 00:11:01,727 --> 00:11:02,661 AND LOOKING AT 395 00:11:02,661 --> 00:11:04,830 THE DIFFERENT CONSTRICT, UH, 396 00:11:04,830 --> 00:11:06,599 AND COMPOSITIONS ON, UH-- 397 00:11:06,599 --> 00:11:08,067 ON THE MOON AND MARS 398 00:11:08,067 --> 00:11:08,934 AND OTHER LOCATIONS. 399 00:11:08,934 --> 00:11:10,202 TO ME, THAT'S EXCITING 400 00:11:10,202 --> 00:11:11,337 JUST TO SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE. 401 00:11:11,337 --> 00:11:13,205 THOSE ARE, UH, 402 00:11:13,205 --> 00:11:13,939 ON THE EARTH SCIENCE SIDE. 403 00:11:13,939 --> 00:11:14,507 YOU REALLY-- YOU REALLY DON'T 404 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:15,775 DO A LOT OF THAT FROM 405 00:11:15,775 --> 00:11:16,709 AN AIRBORNE SCIENCE 406 00:11:16,709 --> 00:11:18,277 PERSPECTIVE ANYWAY. 407 00:11:25,351 --> 00:11:25,818 YEAH. 408 00:11:25,818 --> 00:11:26,385 I-I DON'T KNOW 409 00:11:26,385 --> 00:11:27,319 IF IT'S LEAST EXTRAORDINARY, 410 00:11:27,319 --> 00:11:28,654 BUT W-WE DO LOVE ANIMALS 411 00:11:28,654 --> 00:11:29,622 AND WE-WE'VE GOT RESCUE DOGS 412 00:11:29,622 --> 00:11:32,091 THAT WE-WE KINDA HAVE ACQUIRED 413 00:11:32,091 --> 00:11:32,958 OVER THE YEARS. 414 00:11:32,958 --> 00:11:33,659 YOU KNOW, BEAGLE. 415 00:11:33,659 --> 00:11:34,460 FOXHOUND. 416 00:11:34,460 --> 00:11:36,028 AND, UM, SO, I THINK JUST, 417 00:11:36,028 --> 00:11:38,564 UH, MAYBE THAT NORMAL ROUTINES 418 00:11:38,564 --> 00:11:39,765 OF EVERYDAY LIFE 419 00:11:39,765 --> 00:11:41,000 AND-AND MANAGIN' PETS. 420 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:41,767 WE'VE GOT CHICKENS, 421 00:11:41,767 --> 00:11:42,701 WHICH IS NEW FOR ME. 422 00:11:42,701 --> 00:11:44,470 BUT, UH, I WOULDN'T CALL 423 00:11:44,470 --> 00:11:45,504 THAT EXTRAORDINARY, 424 00:11:45,504 --> 00:11:47,206 BUT IT'S DEFINITELY 425 00:11:47,206 --> 00:11:48,107 A-AN INTERESTING ENDEAVOR 426 00:11:48,107 --> 00:11:49,642 IF YOU'RE EVER LOOKIN' 427 00:11:49,642 --> 00:11:50,309 AT THE KIND OF 428 00:11:50,309 --> 00:11:51,410 A BACKYARD CHICKEN EVENT 429 00:11:51,410 --> 00:11:53,312 OR-OR A SMALL HOBBY FARM 430 00:11:53,312 --> 00:11:54,847 WITH CHICKENS, I-I THINK 431 00:11:54,847 --> 00:11:56,082 IT'S REALLY ENTERTAINING 432 00:11:56,082 --> 00:11:57,450 AND EXCITING TO KINDA, 433 00:11:57,450 --> 00:11:59,718 UM, MOVE INTO THAT KINDA, 434 00:11:59,718 --> 00:12:02,555 UH, YOU KNOW, 435 00:12:02,555 --> 00:12:03,956 HOBBY FARM ENVIRONMENT. 436 00:12:03,956 --> 00:12:04,657 IT'S-IT'S REALLY 437 00:12:04,657 --> 00:12:05,891 AN INTERESTING EVENT. 438 00:12:05,891 --> 00:12:06,959 BUT LEAST EXTRAORDINARY, 439 00:12:06,959 --> 00:12:08,360 I-I REALLY DON'T KNOW. 440 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:10,396 THAT'S A-- THAT'S A TOUGH ONE. 441 00:12:16,836 --> 00:12:17,636 YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT 442 00:12:17,636 --> 00:12:18,871 I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS 443 00:12:18,871 --> 00:12:20,439 IS PEOPLE LEARN DIFFERENT WAYS 444 00:12:20,439 --> 00:12:22,007 FOR STUDY PURPOSES 445 00:12:22,007 --> 00:12:22,641 AND-AND TRYIN' 446 00:12:22,641 --> 00:12:23,642 TO MASTER MATERIAL. 447 00:12:23,642 --> 00:12:26,645 UM, FOR ME, IT'S-- I SPEND 448 00:12:26,645 --> 00:12:27,346 A LITTLE MORE TIME 449 00:12:27,346 --> 00:12:28,280 FRAMIN' THE PROBLEM 450 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:29,381 AND FRAMIN' THE WORK, 451 00:12:29,381 --> 00:12:30,082 UM, LOOKIN' 452 00:12:30,082 --> 00:12:31,217 AT BACKGROUND INFORMATION 453 00:12:31,217 --> 00:12:33,252 AND MAYBE NOT JUST IMMEDIATELY 454 00:12:33,252 --> 00:12:35,254 JUMPING INTO, YOU KNOW, 455 00:12:35,254 --> 00:12:36,522 THE RESEARCH OR THE ANSWERS 456 00:12:36,522 --> 00:12:38,524 FOR THAT SPECIFIC, UH, ISSUE. 457 00:12:38,524 --> 00:12:40,726 AND IF THERE'S TIME PERMITTING 458 00:12:40,726 --> 00:12:41,827 AND-AND YOU HAVE A PROBLEM 459 00:12:41,827 --> 00:12:42,995 THAT'S SOMETHIN' THAT YOU 460 00:12:42,995 --> 00:12:45,064 IN-INVESTIGATE, I RECOMMEND, 461 00:12:45,064 --> 00:12:46,365 YOU KNOW, JUST FRAMIN' 462 00:12:46,365 --> 00:12:47,266 THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. 463 00:12:47,266 --> 00:12:47,967 MAYBE EVEN FROM 464 00:12:47,967 --> 00:12:48,834 YOUR PERSPECTIVE. 465 00:12:48,834 --> 00:12:50,035 THERE'S MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES 466 00:12:50,035 --> 00:12:50,936 USUALLY ON A PROBLEM. 467 00:12:50,936 --> 00:12:52,071 AND JUST TAKIN' IT 468 00:12:52,071 --> 00:12:53,038 AND LOOKING AT, UH, 469 00:12:53,038 --> 00:12:54,440 YOURS AND OTHER PERSPECTIVES, 470 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:56,509 I THINK REALLY HELP, UH, 471 00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:57,743 TO ANSWER AND FIND 472 00:12:57,743 --> 00:12:59,678 GOOD SOLUTIONS. 473 00:13:05,851 --> 00:13:08,187 YOU KNOW, I-- MY DAD PROBABLY 474 00:13:08,187 --> 00:13:08,954 IS ONE OF THE BIGGER ONES THERE. 475 00:13:08,954 --> 00:13:11,157 HE WAS ALWAYS, UH, 476 00:13:11,157 --> 00:13:12,491 FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 477 00:13:12,491 --> 00:13:13,225 ALWAYS THERE 478 00:13:13,225 --> 00:13:14,426 FOR SCIENCE PROJECTS. 479 00:13:14,426 --> 00:13:15,628 AND HE WOULD COME UP 480 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:17,096 WITH SOME GREAT, UH-- YOU KNOW, 481 00:13:17,096 --> 00:13:18,164 WHEN I WAS STUCK OR NOT ABLE 482 00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:20,866 TO COME UP A, UH, UH, 483 00:13:20,866 --> 00:13:21,834 MAYBE SOME MATERIAL 484 00:13:21,834 --> 00:13:23,569 THAT INTERESTING FOR ME, 485 00:13:23,569 --> 00:13:24,436 HE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO KINDA, 486 00:13:24,436 --> 00:13:26,405 UH, FIND THAT 487 00:13:26,405 --> 00:13:27,840 AND-AND DO DIFFERENT EX-- 488 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:29,542 UH, DO DIFFERENT EXERCISES 489 00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:31,977 OR-OR RESEARCH EVENTS 490 00:13:31,977 --> 00:13:34,380 TO-TO DEVELOP SCIENCE PROJECTS 491 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:35,614 THAT WERE MEANINGFUL. 492 00:13:35,614 --> 00:13:37,183 AND THAT PLAYED A HUGE ROLE, 493 00:13:37,183 --> 00:13:39,151 I THINK, IN-IN GETTIN' MY-- 494 00:13:39,151 --> 00:13:39,752 PIQUING MY INTEREST 495 00:13:39,752 --> 00:13:41,086 AND-AND GOIN' DOWN 496 00:13:41,086 --> 00:13:43,689 THAT SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY ROAD. 497 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:53,465 YOU KNOW, THIS IS A-- 498 00:13:53,465 --> 00:13:54,934 PROBABLY A WEIRD ANSWER FOR-- 499 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:55,568 MAYBE NOT. 500 00:13:55,568 --> 00:13:56,669 BUT FOR-FOR CHALLENGES 501 00:13:56,669 --> 00:13:57,570 IN THE SCHOOL FRAME, 502 00:13:57,570 --> 00:13:58,637 I-IF YOU'RE LOOKIN' AT 503 00:13:58,637 --> 00:14:02,007 HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S A WEIRD TIME, 504 00:14:02,007 --> 00:14:04,176 I THINK, FOR FOLKS TO IDENTIFY 505 00:14:04,176 --> 00:14:05,344 AND-AND UNDERSTAND 506 00:14:05,344 --> 00:14:07,146 WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. 507 00:14:07,146 --> 00:14:08,581 SO, THAT-THAT IS-- 508 00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:09,715 I THINK I STRUGGLE THAT-- 509 00:14:09,715 --> 00:14:10,716 WITH THAT QUITE A BIT. 510 00:14:10,716 --> 00:14:11,584 TRYIN' TO UNDERSTAND 511 00:14:11,584 --> 00:14:12,618 WHERE I WANTED TO GO. 512 00:14:12,618 --> 00:14:14,186 UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A FAMILY 513 00:14:14,186 --> 00:14:15,654 WITH A MILITARY BACKGROUND 514 00:14:15,654 --> 00:14:16,188 AND I THINK 515 00:14:16,188 --> 00:14:17,456 THAT WAS ALWAYS SOMETHIN' 516 00:14:17,456 --> 00:14:18,524 THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN 517 00:14:18,524 --> 00:14:20,326 AS WELL, SO, UM, 518 00:14:20,326 --> 00:14:21,760 I KINDA TOOK IT STEP BY STEP 519 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,997 TO HELP DEFINE MYSELF 520 00:14:24,997 --> 00:14:26,332 AND WHERE-WHERE I BELONGED. 521 00:14:26,332 --> 00:14:28,067 SO, I-IF YOU-- IF THAT'S 522 00:14:28,067 --> 00:14:29,702 A STRUGGLE, I-I THINK, 523 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:31,136 UH, THERE'S NO-- 524 00:14:31,136 --> 00:14:32,638 YOU DON'T NEED A-AN ANSWER-- 525 00:14:32,638 --> 00:14:33,706 A CONCLUSIVE ANSWER 526 00:14:33,706 --> 00:14:35,074 AT THAT POINT IN YOUR LIFE. 527 00:14:35,074 --> 00:14:36,041 I THINK YOU PURSUE 528 00:14:36,041 --> 00:14:37,543 WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN 529 00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:38,410 AND BUILD ON THAT, 530 00:14:38,410 --> 00:14:40,479 AND THAT'S KINDA WHAT I DID.