1 00:00:15,882 --> 00:00:17,183 >> MY NAME IS JACK HATHAWAY 2 00:00:17,250 --> 00:00:18,852 AND I'M A NAVY F/A-18 PILOT 3 00:00:18,918 --> 00:00:19,552 JUST SELECTED TO BE 4 00:00:19,619 --> 00:00:20,720 AN ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE. 5 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:27,761 I WAS BORN AND RAISED 6 00:00:27,827 --> 00:00:28,862 IN SOUTH WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT. 7 00:00:28,928 --> 00:00:30,096 UH, IT'S, UH, KIND OF 8 00:00:30,163 --> 00:00:30,797 A SUBURBAN TOWN 9 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:31,931 ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF HARTFORD. 10 00:00:31,998 --> 00:00:33,333 UH, PRETTY QUIET PLACE 11 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:34,033 TO GROW UP. 12 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:35,802 UH, NOT, UH, ANYTHING CRAZY 13 00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:36,503 GOING ON THERE, 14 00:00:36,569 --> 00:00:37,437 IT WAS JUST KIND OF 15 00:00:37,504 --> 00:00:39,038 A NORMAL SUBURBAN LIFESTYLE. 16 00:00:45,278 --> 00:00:46,112 BEFORE BEING SELECTED 17 00:00:46,179 --> 00:00:47,247 AS AN ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE, 18 00:00:47,313 --> 00:00:49,215 I WAS, UH, A NAVY F/A-18 PILOT. 19 00:00:49,282 --> 00:00:50,717 I WAS, UH, IN THE PROCESS 20 00:00:50,784 --> 00:00:52,519 OF TRANSFERRING TO VFA-81, 21 00:00:52,585 --> 00:00:54,120 WHICH IS A F/A-18 SQUADRON 22 00:00:54,187 --> 00:00:55,088 ON THE EAST COAST. 23 00:00:55,155 --> 00:00:56,222 UH, I WAS THE PROSPECTIVE 24 00:00:56,289 --> 00:00:57,123 EXECUTIVE OFFICER. 25 00:00:57,190 --> 00:00:58,391 SO, UH, JUST BEFORE 26 00:00:58,458 --> 00:00:59,325 I GOT SELECTED-- 27 00:00:59,392 --> 00:01:02,228 OR INSTEAD OF GOING TO VFA-81 28 00:01:02,295 --> 00:01:03,163 AS THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER, 29 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:03,897 I CAME HERE TO BE 30 00:01:03,963 --> 00:01:04,931 AN ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE. 31 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:12,839 A NASA ASTRONAUT IS SOMEONE 32 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:15,975 WHO IS LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE 33 00:01:16,042 --> 00:01:17,143 AND CHALLENGE, UH, 34 00:01:17,210 --> 00:01:18,178 AND WANTS TO PUSH THE LIMITS 35 00:01:18,244 --> 00:01:20,914 OF TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANITY 36 00:01:20,980 --> 00:01:21,848 AND THEMSELVES 37 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:23,950 TO TRY TO FIND SOMETHING OUT, 38 00:01:24,017 --> 00:01:25,051 TO TRY TO EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE, 39 00:01:25,118 --> 00:01:25,852 TO KIND OF ADVANCE 40 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:27,420 HUMAN KNOWLEDGE OF-- 41 00:01:27,487 --> 00:01:28,688 OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE UNIVERSE, 42 00:01:28,755 --> 00:01:30,490 HOW IT ALL WORKS, UH, 43 00:01:30,557 --> 00:01:32,759 AND JUST, UH, EXPLORE, 44 00:01:32,826 --> 00:01:34,894 UH, HOW THE UNIVERSE CAN WORK 45 00:01:34,961 --> 00:01:35,829 AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER 46 00:01:35,895 --> 00:01:37,430 TO FIGURE ALL THESE THINGS OUT. 47 00:01:43,570 --> 00:01:44,971 I WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT, UH, 48 00:01:45,038 --> 00:01:46,539 SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID. 49 00:01:46,606 --> 00:01:47,607 I GREW UP WANTING 50 00:01:47,674 --> 00:01:48,608 TO LEARN HOW TO FLY, 51 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:49,776 LEARN HOW TO BE AN ASTRONAUT, 52 00:01:49,843 --> 00:01:50,777 AND GO TO SPACE. 53 00:01:50,844 --> 00:01:52,178 SO SOME OF MY EARLIEST MEMORIES 54 00:01:52,245 --> 00:01:53,880 ARE-ARE OF WANTING 55 00:01:53,947 --> 00:01:55,014 TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT. 56 00:01:55,081 --> 00:01:56,249 THAT'S PART OF-- YOU KNOW, 57 00:01:56,316 --> 00:01:57,217 I GREW UP, I WANTED TO GO 58 00:01:57,283 --> 00:01:58,084 TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY, 59 00:01:58,151 --> 00:01:59,652 BECOME A NAVY PILOT 60 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:00,653 BECAUSE LOTS OF NAVY PILOTS 61 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:01,588 BECOME ASTRONAUTS. 62 00:02:01,654 --> 00:02:02,489 UH, AND THAT'S KIND OF BEEN 63 00:02:02,555 --> 00:02:03,857 A SOURCE OF MY CAREER PATH 64 00:02:03,923 --> 00:02:05,225 ALL THE WAY FROM THE BEGINNING. 65 00:02:11,664 --> 00:02:12,599 I THINK THAT ANSWER 66 00:02:12,665 --> 00:02:13,700 KINDA DEPENDS ON WHAT AGE 67 00:02:13,766 --> 00:02:14,434 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 68 00:02:14,501 --> 00:02:15,335 LIKE, WHEN YOU'RE A LITTLE KID 69 00:02:15,401 --> 00:02:16,336 YOU'RE KIND OF EXCITED 70 00:02:16,402 --> 00:02:18,137 ABOUT THE-THE THRILL OF IT 71 00:02:18,204 --> 00:02:19,839 AND IT'S KIND OF NEAT AND VERY, 72 00:02:19,906 --> 00:02:21,374 LIKE, EXCITING AND COOL. 73 00:02:21,441 --> 00:02:22,742 AND, UH, AND AS YOU GET OLDER, 74 00:02:22,809 --> 00:02:23,977 YOU KINDA RECOGNIZE 75 00:02:24,043 --> 00:02:25,478 THERE'S MORE COMPLEXITY TO IT, 76 00:02:25,545 --> 00:02:27,180 THAT, UH-UH THERE'S A LOT 77 00:02:27,247 --> 00:02:28,114 OF CHALLENGE INVOLVED, 78 00:02:28,181 --> 00:02:28,715 THERE'S A LOT 79 00:02:28,781 --> 00:02:29,716 OF SACRIFICE INVOLVED. 80 00:02:29,782 --> 00:02:31,217 YOU, UH, HAVE TO FIGURE OUT 81 00:02:31,284 --> 00:02:31,918 REALLY WHERE YOU WANT 82 00:02:31,985 --> 00:02:32,752 TO TAKE YOUR LIFE. 83 00:02:32,819 --> 00:02:33,586 AND AS I'VE GONE 84 00:02:33,653 --> 00:02:34,454 THROUGH MY NAVAL CAREER, 85 00:02:34,521 --> 00:02:36,389 I LOVE WORKING WITH PEOPLE 86 00:02:36,456 --> 00:02:37,190 THAT ARE REALLY PASSIONATE 87 00:02:37,257 --> 00:02:38,057 ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. 88 00:02:38,124 --> 00:02:39,459 UH, AND EVERYONE I'VE MET 89 00:02:39,526 --> 00:02:40,727 AT NASA, UH, 90 00:02:40,793 --> 00:02:41,961 ASTRONAUTS, ENGINEERS, 91 00:02:42,028 --> 00:02:43,696 UH, PR PEOPLE, 92 00:02:43,763 --> 00:02:45,031 EVERYONE HAS BEEN SO EXCITED 93 00:02:45,098 --> 00:02:46,633 ABOUT THEIR JOB, UH, 94 00:02:46,699 --> 00:02:47,500 THAT IT JUST MAKES YOU 95 00:02:47,567 --> 00:02:48,167 REALLY WANNA BE 96 00:02:48,234 --> 00:02:49,769 PART OF THAT TEAM. 97 00:02:49,836 --> 00:02:50,603 UH, SO AS I'VE GROWN UP 98 00:02:50,670 --> 00:02:51,638 AND SEEN MORE ABOUT IT, 99 00:02:51,704 --> 00:02:53,373 UH, THE CHALLENGE IS EXCITING, 100 00:02:53,439 --> 00:02:54,541 THE ADVENTURE IS EXCITING, 101 00:02:54,607 --> 00:02:56,309 BUT THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE MET 102 00:02:56,376 --> 00:02:57,377 AND I'M GONNA GET TO WORK WITH 103 00:02:57,443 --> 00:02:59,913 ARE REALLY KINDA THE CREAM. 104 00:02:59,979 --> 00:03:00,813 LIKE, IT'S REALLY EXCITING 105 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:01,748 TO BE PART OF THAT. 106 00:03:08,354 --> 00:03:09,923 THE ASTRONAUT SELECTION PROCESS, 107 00:03:09,989 --> 00:03:10,823 UH, WAS A LITTLE BIT LONG 108 00:03:10,890 --> 00:03:11,791 THIS TIME, I GUESS. 109 00:03:11,858 --> 00:03:13,026 PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF COVID, 110 00:03:13,092 --> 00:03:13,960 SOME DELAYS WERE HAPPENING 111 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:14,727 BECAUSE OF THAT. 112 00:03:14,794 --> 00:03:15,795 I WAS ACTUALLY STATIONED 113 00:03:15,862 --> 00:03:17,196 AT THE PENTAGON, UH, 114 00:03:17,263 --> 00:03:19,198 WHEN I FIRST APPLIED, UH, 115 00:03:19,265 --> 00:03:20,900 BACK IN EARLY 2020, 116 00:03:20,967 --> 00:03:21,701 I BELIEVE IT WAS, 117 00:03:21,768 --> 00:03:22,669 I COMPLETED THAT TOUR. 118 00:03:22,735 --> 00:03:23,469 I'D ACTUALLY THOUGHT 119 00:03:23,536 --> 00:03:24,304 THAT IT WAS ALL OVER, 120 00:03:24,370 --> 00:03:25,338 THAT I'D MISSED MY OPPORTUNITY, 121 00:03:25,405 --> 00:03:26,639 'CAUSE IT HAD BEEN SO LONG 122 00:03:26,706 --> 00:03:27,907 SINCE I'D HEARD ANYTHING. 123 00:03:27,974 --> 00:03:29,609 AND I TRANSFERRED DOWN, UH, 124 00:03:29,676 --> 00:03:31,244 TO VIRGINIA BEACH, UH, TO GET 125 00:03:31,311 --> 00:03:32,679 RE-QUALIFIED ON THE F/A-18 126 00:03:32,745 --> 00:03:35,315 TO JOIN MY SQUADRON VFA-81. 127 00:03:35,381 --> 00:03:36,416 AND THEN I GOT THE CALL 128 00:03:36,482 --> 00:03:37,450 THAT SUMMER TO COME DOWN 129 00:03:37,517 --> 00:03:38,418 FOR THE FIRST INTERVIEW. 130 00:03:38,484 --> 00:03:39,185 AND I WAS KIND OF LIKE, 131 00:03:39,252 --> 00:03:40,153 JUST DRIVING HOME ONE DAY 132 00:03:40,219 --> 00:03:40,954 AND I GOT A PHONE CALL. 133 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:42,322 AND I WAS LIKE, "WOW, 134 00:03:42,388 --> 00:03:43,723 I GUESS THIS IS STILL REAL, 135 00:03:43,790 --> 00:03:44,691 THIS IS STILL A POSSIBILITY. 136 00:03:44,757 --> 00:03:45,858 I HAVEN'T MISSED MY CHANCE." 137 00:03:45,925 --> 00:03:47,327 UH, SO THEN I CAME DOWN, 138 00:03:47,393 --> 00:03:48,928 UH, FOR THE FIRST INTERVIEW. 139 00:03:48,995 --> 00:03:50,163 IT WAS JUST SUCH 140 00:03:50,229 --> 00:03:51,030 A GREAT EXPERIENCE. 141 00:03:51,097 --> 00:03:51,631 I JUST MET 142 00:03:51,698 --> 00:03:52,732 SO MANY INTERESTING PEOPLE 143 00:03:52,799 --> 00:03:53,499 FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT 144 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:54,767 WALKS OF LIFE, UH, 145 00:03:54,834 --> 00:03:56,903 TO HAVE SO MUCH INTERESTING 146 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:58,237 AND COMPELLING BACKGROUNDS. 147 00:03:58,304 --> 00:04:00,039 UH, IT'S JUST SUCH 148 00:04:00,106 --> 00:04:01,608 A GREAT, GREAT GROUP 149 00:04:01,674 --> 00:04:03,276 OF PEOPLE TO WORK WITH, UH, 150 00:04:03,343 --> 00:04:04,177 THAT I WAS SUPER EXCITED, 151 00:04:04,243 --> 00:04:06,179 UH, TO SPEND THE WEEK WITH THEM, 152 00:04:06,245 --> 00:04:07,513 UH, DOING ALL THE STUFF FOR 153 00:04:07,580 --> 00:04:08,414 THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS. 154 00:04:08,481 --> 00:04:09,649 UH, THE SECOND ROUND 155 00:04:09,716 --> 00:04:10,950 OF INTERVIEW, UH, 156 00:04:11,017 --> 00:04:11,651 WHEN I GOT INVITED 157 00:04:11,718 --> 00:04:12,285 BACK FROM THAT, 158 00:04:12,352 --> 00:04:12,986 I WAS LITTLE BLOWN AWAY. 159 00:04:13,052 --> 00:04:13,686 I THOUGHT I WASN'T 160 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:14,354 GONNA HAVE A CHANCE 161 00:04:14,420 --> 00:04:15,054 BASED ON ALL 162 00:04:15,121 --> 00:04:15,755 THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE 163 00:04:15,822 --> 00:04:16,623 THAT I HAD MET. 164 00:04:16,689 --> 00:04:17,557 UH, BUT I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY 165 00:04:17,624 --> 00:04:18,424 TO COME DOWN FOR 166 00:04:18,491 --> 00:04:19,425 THE SECOND ROUND OF INTERVIEWS. 167 00:04:19,492 --> 00:04:20,960 IT WAS A LITTLE BIT LONGER, 168 00:04:21,027 --> 00:04:21,995 A FULL WEEK THIS TIME, 169 00:04:22,061 --> 00:04:22,962 SOME MORE MEDICAL EXAMS, 170 00:04:23,029 --> 00:04:24,130 SOME MORE PSYCHOLOGY 171 00:04:24,197 --> 00:04:26,099 AND PSYCHIATRIC EXAMS, UH, 172 00:04:26,165 --> 00:04:27,333 SOME MORE TEAMBUILDING 173 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:28,801 TESTS AND EXERCISES. 174 00:04:28,868 --> 00:04:30,036 UH, AND AGAIN, 175 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:31,104 JUST A REALLY GREAT GROUP 176 00:04:31,170 --> 00:04:32,005 OF PEOPLE TO WORK WITH. 177 00:04:32,071 --> 00:04:33,039 WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET 178 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:34,040 A FEW MORE ASTRONAUTS, 179 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:35,308 ASK SOME MORE QUESTIONS 180 00:04:35,375 --> 00:04:36,175 ABOUT WHAT LIFE, 181 00:04:36,242 --> 00:04:37,610 UH, IS LIKE LIKE THIS. 182 00:04:37,677 --> 00:04:39,512 UH, SO THAT WAS ANOTHER 183 00:04:39,579 --> 00:04:40,380 REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE. 184 00:04:40,446 --> 00:04:42,649 UH, AND THEN AFTER THAT 185 00:04:42,715 --> 00:04:43,349 THEY KINDA TOLD US 186 00:04:43,416 --> 00:04:44,017 TO SIT ON OUR HANDS 187 00:04:44,083 --> 00:04:44,984 AND WAIT FOR A PHONE CALL. 188 00:04:45,051 --> 00:04:46,753 UH, I WAS ACTUALLY OUT TO SEA 189 00:04:46,819 --> 00:04:48,021 ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER, 190 00:04:48,087 --> 00:04:49,088 THE USS TRUMAN, 191 00:04:49,155 --> 00:04:50,456 UH, WHEN I GOT THE CALL. 192 00:04:50,523 --> 00:04:51,257 I WAS KINDA-- 193 00:04:51,324 --> 00:04:52,825 I'D GIVEN THEM THE PHONE NUMBER 194 00:04:52,892 --> 00:04:53,559 TO THE READY ROOM 195 00:04:53,626 --> 00:04:54,560 THERE ON THE SHIP. 196 00:04:54,627 --> 00:04:55,828 IT DOESN'T GET GREAT RECEPTION 197 00:04:55,895 --> 00:04:56,663 AND OFTEN, UH, 198 00:04:56,729 --> 00:04:57,797 THERE'S NOT ENOUGH BANDWIDTH, 199 00:04:57,864 --> 00:04:58,564 UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET 200 00:04:58,631 --> 00:04:59,399 THOSE PHONE CALLS, 201 00:04:59,465 --> 00:05:00,066 SO I ALSO GAVE THEM 202 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:01,300 MY EMAIL ADDRESS OUT THERE. 203 00:05:01,367 --> 00:05:02,335 I WAS JUST WAITING 204 00:05:02,402 --> 00:05:03,803 ALL DAY TO SEE 205 00:05:03,870 --> 00:05:05,304 IF THAT READY ROOM PHONE RANG 206 00:05:05,371 --> 00:05:06,272 AND THEN THE DUTY OFFICER 207 00:05:06,339 --> 00:05:07,140 HANDED IT TO ME AND SAID, 208 00:05:07,206 --> 00:05:08,374 "HEY, IT'S NASA CALLING." 209 00:05:08,441 --> 00:05:10,043 UH, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY, 210 00:05:10,109 --> 00:05:10,877 I BELIEVE IT WAS A FRIDAY 211 00:05:10,943 --> 00:05:12,145 AND IT WAS, UH, 212 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:13,579 LATER IN THE EVENING 213 00:05:13,646 --> 00:05:15,148 LIKE 7 OR 8, UH, 214 00:05:15,214 --> 00:05:16,449 MAYBE EVEN 9 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. 215 00:05:16,516 --> 00:05:18,151 I SAT DOWN IN THE READY ROOM 216 00:05:18,217 --> 00:05:18,985 AFTER FINISHING A FLIGHT 217 00:05:19,052 --> 00:05:19,585 AND I WAS LIKE, 218 00:05:19,652 --> 00:05:20,353 "HEY, IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT, 219 00:05:20,420 --> 00:05:21,421 NO ONE'S CALLED ME, 220 00:05:21,487 --> 00:05:22,955 I CAN JUST TAKE THE PACK OFF 221 00:05:23,022 --> 00:05:24,624 FOR THE WEEKEND, UH, 222 00:05:24,691 --> 00:05:25,491 BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA 223 00:05:25,558 --> 00:05:26,225 CALL ON A WEEKEND. 224 00:05:26,292 --> 00:05:26,859 IT WOULD HAVE TO BE 225 00:05:26,926 --> 00:05:27,727 DURING THE WEEK." 226 00:05:27,794 --> 00:05:29,362 AND I WAS LIKE, "OH, GOD, 227 00:05:29,429 --> 00:05:30,229 NICE RELAXING WEEKEND." 228 00:05:30,296 --> 00:05:31,264 I LOGGED ONTO MY EMAIL, 229 00:05:31,330 --> 00:05:32,031 SEE IF MY WIFE 230 00:05:32,098 --> 00:05:33,066 HAD SENT ME A NOTE. 231 00:05:33,132 --> 00:05:34,133 UH, AND I HAD A NOTE 232 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:35,468 FROM REID WISEMAN, 233 00:05:35,535 --> 00:05:36,669 WHO'S THE CHIEF ASTRONAUT HERE, 234 00:05:36,736 --> 00:05:38,404 UH, AND HE SAID, 235 00:05:38,471 --> 00:05:39,706 "JACK, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN 236 00:05:39,772 --> 00:05:40,506 ANSWERING YOUR PHONE. 237 00:05:40,573 --> 00:05:42,041 GIVE ME A CALL. DON'T WORRY, 238 00:05:42,108 --> 00:05:43,142 IT'S NOT BAD NEWS." 239 00:05:43,209 --> 00:05:45,278 UH, SO I-I FURIOUSLY 240 00:05:45,344 --> 00:05:46,079 RAN UP TO THE PHONE, 241 00:05:46,145 --> 00:05:47,246 TIRED TO GET AN OUTSIDE LINE, 242 00:05:47,313 --> 00:05:47,847 WHICH TOOK ME 243 00:05:47,914 --> 00:05:49,015 A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, UH, 244 00:05:49,082 --> 00:05:49,949 TO CALL HIM. 245 00:05:50,016 --> 00:05:51,150 UH, AND HE WAS AT 246 00:05:51,217 --> 00:05:52,318 A FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME 247 00:05:52,385 --> 00:05:53,853 HERE IN HOUSTON, UH, 248 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:54,754 SO I HAD TO WAIT FOR HIM 249 00:05:54,821 --> 00:05:55,521 TO GET OUT OF THE STADIUM 250 00:05:55,588 --> 00:05:56,489 'CAUSE THE STADIUM WAS SO LOUD, 251 00:05:56,556 --> 00:05:57,590 BEFORE HE COULD TELL ME, 252 00:05:57,657 --> 00:05:59,525 UH, "HEY, WE'D LIKE YOU 253 00:05:59,592 --> 00:06:01,661 TO COME HERE AND BE AN ASTRONAUT 254 00:06:01,728 --> 00:06:02,628 IN THIS NEXT CLASS. 255 00:06:02,695 --> 00:06:03,429 AND I WAS JUST-- 256 00:06:03,496 --> 00:06:04,263 I WAS JUST OVER THE MOON, 257 00:06:04,330 --> 00:06:05,865 I WAS SO EXCITED, UH, 258 00:06:05,932 --> 00:06:07,033 WHEN IT HAPPENED, UH, 259 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:09,068 THAT I-I WAS JUST, "YEAH, 260 00:06:09,135 --> 00:06:10,036 I'M EXCITED, I'M ON BOARD-- 261 00:06:10,103 --> 00:06:11,437 WHEN CAN I SHOW UP?" 262 00:06:11,504 --> 00:06:12,905 IS PRETTY MUCH HOW I TOOK IT. 263 00:06:12,972 --> 00:06:14,807 UH, SO YEAH, IT WAS 264 00:06:14,874 --> 00:06:16,008 A REALLY, REALLY EXCITING NIGHT. 265 00:06:16,075 --> 00:06:17,276 REALLY GREAT NIGHT FOR ME. 266 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:24,917 SO I FOUND OUT THAT 267 00:06:24,984 --> 00:06:26,018 I WAS GONNA BECOME AN ASTRONAUT 268 00:06:26,085 --> 00:06:26,886 WHILE I WAS ON THE BOAT. 269 00:06:26,953 --> 00:06:28,020 UH, MY WIFE AND I HAD 270 00:06:28,087 --> 00:06:29,122 TALKED ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT, 271 00:06:29,188 --> 00:06:30,189 WE KIND OF EXPECTED 272 00:06:30,256 --> 00:06:31,424 THE PHONE CALL TO HAPPEN, 273 00:06:31,491 --> 00:06:32,592 UH, WHILE I WAS OUT TO SEA. 274 00:06:32,658 --> 00:06:35,294 UH, SO OUR GAME PLAN WAS 275 00:06:35,361 --> 00:06:36,529 THAT I WOULD TRADE EMAILS 276 00:06:36,596 --> 00:06:37,330 WITH HER LIKE NORMAL 277 00:06:37,396 --> 00:06:38,064 WHEN I WAS ON THE SHIP, 278 00:06:38,131 --> 00:06:38,865 BUT I WOULDN'T CALL HOME. 279 00:06:38,931 --> 00:06:39,799 WE DON'T OFTEN CALL HOME, 280 00:06:39,866 --> 00:06:40,700 IT'S KIND OF TOUGH TO GET 281 00:06:40,767 --> 00:06:42,602 A LINE OFF THE SHIP, UH, 282 00:06:42,668 --> 00:06:44,003 SO I DON'T OFTEN CALL HOME. 283 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:45,071 AND THE AGREEMENT WAS 284 00:06:45,138 --> 00:06:46,139 I WOULDN'T ACTUALLY CALL HOME 285 00:06:46,205 --> 00:06:48,541 UNTIL I HAD GOTTEN THE CALL, 286 00:06:48,608 --> 00:06:49,642 WHETHER IT WAS GOOD NEWS 287 00:06:49,709 --> 00:06:51,244 OR BAD NEWS, UH, 288 00:06:51,310 --> 00:06:52,345 AND THEN I WOULD CALL HER 289 00:06:52,411 --> 00:06:53,146 AND SHE'D KNOW THAT 290 00:06:53,212 --> 00:06:54,347 THIS WAS THE ACTUAL PHONE CALL. 291 00:06:54,413 --> 00:06:55,948 UH, AND YOU KNOW, I HAD TO CALL 292 00:06:56,015 --> 00:06:57,083 AT THE RIGHT TIME OF NIGHT 293 00:06:57,150 --> 00:06:57,817 SO IT'S NOT LIKE, 294 00:06:57,884 --> 00:06:58,584 YOU KNOW, SHE WAS TRYING 295 00:06:58,651 --> 00:06:59,352 TO PUT THE KIDS TO BED 296 00:06:59,418 --> 00:07:00,787 OR SHE WAS, UH, BUSY 297 00:07:00,853 --> 00:07:01,721 DURING THE DAY OR WHATEVER. 298 00:07:01,788 --> 00:07:03,289 UH, BUT SHE WAS EXCITED. 299 00:07:03,356 --> 00:07:04,490 I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION 300 00:07:04,557 --> 00:07:05,224 SHE ASKED ME WAS, 301 00:07:05,291 --> 00:07:06,459 "DID YOU SAY YES OR NO?" 302 00:07:06,526 --> 00:07:07,026 AND I WAS LIKE, 303 00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:07,827 "WELL, I SAID YES! 304 00:07:07,894 --> 00:07:08,628 OF COURSE I SAID YES. 305 00:07:08,694 --> 00:07:09,562 I'M SO EXCITED 306 00:07:09,629 --> 00:07:11,464 ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY." 307 00:07:11,531 --> 00:07:13,499 UH, SO SHE'S SUPER THRILLED, 308 00:07:13,566 --> 00:07:15,034 SUPER EXCITED FOR ME AS WELL. 309 00:07:15,101 --> 00:07:16,836 I CALLED MY FOLKS AS WELL, 310 00:07:16,903 --> 00:07:18,604 THEY'RE ALSO, UH, SUPER EXCITED, 311 00:07:18,671 --> 00:07:20,273 UH, FOR ME AS WELL. 312 00:07:20,339 --> 00:07:21,407 SO, UH, IT'S PRETTY-- 313 00:07:21,474 --> 00:07:22,408 PRETTY GREAT EVENING 314 00:07:22,475 --> 00:07:23,309 FOR ME OVERALL. 315 00:07:29,715 --> 00:07:31,117 I GUESS I'M MOST INSPIRED 316 00:07:31,184 --> 00:07:33,753 BY PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCITED 317 00:07:33,820 --> 00:07:34,554 AND PASSIONATE 318 00:07:34,620 --> 00:07:35,321 ABOUT THE TYPE OF WORK 319 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:36,155 THAT THEY WANNA DO, 320 00:07:36,222 --> 00:07:37,657 THAT THEY KIND OF FEEL 321 00:07:37,723 --> 00:07:39,025 THEIR PURPOSE IN SOME WAY, 322 00:07:39,091 --> 00:07:40,459 THAT THEY WANNA USE THEIR LIFE 323 00:07:40,526 --> 00:07:41,494 TO KINDA MAKE A DENT 324 00:07:41,561 --> 00:07:42,261 IN THE UNIVERSE, 325 00:07:42,328 --> 00:07:43,296 TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. 326 00:07:43,362 --> 00:07:45,865 AND SO WHEN I'M AROUND PEOPLE 327 00:07:45,932 --> 00:07:47,233 THAT ARE ON A TEAM LIKE THAT, 328 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:48,634 THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER 329 00:07:48,701 --> 00:07:50,403 TOWARDS A-A SHARED END GOAL, 330 00:07:50,469 --> 00:07:51,671 UH, THAT'S REALLY 331 00:07:51,737 --> 00:07:52,872 INSPIRATIONAL TO ME, 332 00:07:52,939 --> 00:07:54,407 THAT KIND OF ENTHUSIASM 333 00:07:54,473 --> 00:07:55,675 THAT PEOPLE HAVE IS INFECTIOUS, 334 00:07:55,741 --> 00:07:56,342 AND I JUST-- 335 00:07:56,409 --> 00:07:57,743 I LOVE TO BE AROUND, UH, 336 00:07:57,810 --> 00:07:58,978 PEOPLE THAT LOVE WHAT THEY DO 337 00:07:59,045 --> 00:07:59,679 AND WANNA BE THERE 338 00:07:59,745 --> 00:08:01,113 AND HAVE CHOSEN TO-TO DO 339 00:08:01,180 --> 00:08:02,415 ALL THE HARD WORK TO GET THERE. 340 00:08:02,481 --> 00:08:04,550 UH, SO THAT-THAT TYPE OF STUFF 341 00:08:04,617 --> 00:08:06,452 IS SUPER INSPIRATIONAL TO ME. 342 00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:14,727 A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE FOR ME, 343 00:08:14,794 --> 00:08:15,461 WHEN I WAS GROWING UP 344 00:08:15,528 --> 00:08:16,229 IN SCHOOL, I THINK, 345 00:08:16,295 --> 00:08:17,597 WAS, UH, IN THE THIRD GRADE, 346 00:08:17,663 --> 00:08:19,966 UH, I'D FIDGET A LOT, 347 00:08:20,032 --> 00:08:21,033 I WAS, LIKE, UH, 348 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:22,235 I WAS MOVING AROUND A LOT, 349 00:08:22,301 --> 00:08:23,269 I WAS A GUY THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, 350 00:08:23,336 --> 00:08:24,370 IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SIT STILL. 351 00:08:24,437 --> 00:08:26,572 AND THEN MY 3RD GRADE TEACHER, 352 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:28,808 MRS. BAUKUS, UH, BROUGHT 353 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:30,376 IN THIS SET OF TANGRAMS FOR ME, 354 00:08:30,443 --> 00:08:31,510 UH, AND A BOOK 355 00:08:31,577 --> 00:08:32,478 OF, LIKE, TANGRAMS. 356 00:08:32,545 --> 00:08:33,212 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE 357 00:08:33,279 --> 00:08:33,980 FAMILIAR WITH THEM OR NOT, 358 00:08:34,046 --> 00:08:35,047 IT'S LIKE A SET OF SHAPES, 359 00:08:35,114 --> 00:08:36,215 SOME TRIANGLES, SOME SQUARES, 360 00:08:36,282 --> 00:08:37,283 A PARALLELOGRAM, 361 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:38,551 UH, IN THERE AS WELL. 362 00:08:38,618 --> 00:08:39,452 AND-AND YOU REORGANIZE 363 00:08:39,518 --> 00:08:41,787 THESE-THESE PLASTIC SHAPES 364 00:08:41,854 --> 00:08:43,422 INTO A LARGER-- 365 00:08:43,489 --> 00:08:44,090 YOU GOTTA FIT THEM, 366 00:08:44,156 --> 00:08:44,957 IT'S KIND OF LIKE A PUZZLE, 367 00:08:45,024 --> 00:08:46,292 YOU FIT THEM INTO A LARGER SHAPE 368 00:08:46,359 --> 00:08:47,426 ON THE PIECE OF PAPER. 369 00:08:47,493 --> 00:08:48,494 AND I WAS JUST-- 370 00:08:48,561 --> 00:08:49,829 I WAS SO ENTHRALLED 371 00:08:49,896 --> 00:08:51,097 BY THIS KIND OF MATHEMATIC, 372 00:08:51,163 --> 00:08:52,131 KIND OF GEOMETRY, 373 00:08:52,198 --> 00:08:52,865 KIND OF, LIKE, 374 00:08:52,932 --> 00:08:53,833 SHAPE CHALLENGE PROBLEM 375 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:56,002 OF TRYING TO VISUALIZE, UH, 376 00:08:56,068 --> 00:08:57,370 AND THEN SOLVE THE DIFFERENT, 377 00:08:57,436 --> 00:08:58,804 UH, PUZZLE SHAPES. 378 00:08:58,871 --> 00:08:59,772 I WENT THROUGH BOOK AFTER BOOK 379 00:08:59,839 --> 00:09:00,673 OF THESE TANGRAMS, 380 00:09:00,740 --> 00:09:01,741 AND IT JUST-- IT KIND OF 381 00:09:01,807 --> 00:09:04,410 GOT ME EXCITED ABOUT GEOMETRY 382 00:09:04,477 --> 00:09:05,578 AND MATH AND SCIENCE 383 00:09:05,645 --> 00:09:06,779 AND-AND, LIKE-- 384 00:09:06,846 --> 00:09:08,247 IT WAS KINDA MY FIRST STEP, 385 00:09:08,314 --> 00:09:10,316 I THINK, TOWARDS, UH, BEING 386 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:11,450 INTERESTED IN THAT TYPE OF-- 387 00:09:11,517 --> 00:09:12,451 THAT TYPE OF EDUCATION 388 00:09:12,518 --> 00:09:13,719 AND-AND, UH, MATERIAL. 389 00:09:20,893 --> 00:09:21,961 THE IDEA OF TRAINING 390 00:09:22,028 --> 00:09:24,664 TO BE A NASA ASTRONAUT, UH, 391 00:09:24,730 --> 00:09:26,098 IT'S-IT'S REALLY SURREAL. 392 00:09:26,165 --> 00:09:28,034 LIKE, YOU-YOU GET 393 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:29,168 THIS PHONE CALL THAT SAYS 394 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:30,136 WE WANT YOU TO COME DOWN. 395 00:09:30,202 --> 00:09:31,203 YOU KNOW, THROUGH 396 00:09:31,270 --> 00:09:32,138 THE WHOLE SELECTION PROCESS 397 00:09:32,204 --> 00:09:32,972 THAT YOU WERE SURROUNDED 398 00:09:33,039 --> 00:09:34,573 BY SO MANY TALENTED 399 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:36,842 AND PASSIONATE PEOPLE, UH, 400 00:09:36,909 --> 00:09:38,044 IT'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF LUCK, 401 00:09:38,110 --> 00:09:39,211 YOU GOT PICKED, UH, 402 00:09:39,278 --> 00:09:40,579 AND YOU'RE JUST-- 403 00:09:40,646 --> 00:09:42,248 IT DOESN'T QUITE FEEL REAL 404 00:09:42,315 --> 00:09:43,516 UNTIL YOU GET STARTED INTO IT 405 00:09:43,582 --> 00:09:45,184 AND THEN YOU'RE JUST, AGAIN, 406 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:45,818 YOU'RE SURROUNDED 407 00:09:45,885 --> 00:09:47,753 BY GREAT, INTERESTING PEOPLE. 408 00:09:47,820 --> 00:09:49,755 IT'S KIND OF EXCITING, 409 00:09:49,822 --> 00:09:50,589 YOU WANT TO DO WELL, 410 00:09:50,656 --> 00:09:51,223 YOU WANT TO TAKE 411 00:09:51,290 --> 00:09:51,924 THIS OPPORTUNITY 412 00:09:51,991 --> 00:09:53,292 THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN, UH, 413 00:09:53,359 --> 00:09:54,660 AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT, UH, 414 00:09:54,727 --> 00:09:55,728 SINCE NOT EVERYONE, UH, 415 00:09:55,795 --> 00:09:57,063 ALWAYS GETS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 416 00:09:57,129 --> 00:09:59,098 UH, SO IT'S HARD TO SAY. 417 00:09:59,165 --> 00:10:00,666 I'M EXCITED, UH, 418 00:10:00,733 --> 00:10:01,834 I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS, 419 00:10:01,901 --> 00:10:03,135 I WANNA DO WELL, I WANNA, 420 00:10:03,202 --> 00:10:04,537 YOU KNOW, BE PART OF THE TEAM. 421 00:10:04,603 --> 00:10:07,073 UH, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE 422 00:10:07,139 --> 00:10:07,873 IT'S HAPPENING. 423 00:10:07,940 --> 00:10:09,442 UH, BUT I GUESS 424 00:10:09,508 --> 00:10:10,376 MOSTLY I'M JUST EXCITED 425 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:11,377 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 426 00:10:18,617 --> 00:10:19,385 IT'S A TOUGH QUESTION 427 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:20,219 TO ANSWER TO SAY 428 00:10:20,286 --> 00:10:21,520 WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED 429 00:10:21,587 --> 00:10:23,222 ABOUT HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT, 430 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:24,724 UH, IN THE MODERN TIME? 431 00:10:24,790 --> 00:10:25,691 I MEAN, THE SIMPLE ANSWER 432 00:10:25,758 --> 00:10:26,592 IS EVERYTHING. 433 00:10:26,659 --> 00:10:27,426 LIKE, THERE'S SO MUCH 434 00:10:27,493 --> 00:10:28,260 GOING ON RIGHT NOW 435 00:10:28,327 --> 00:10:29,729 FROM COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT 436 00:10:29,795 --> 00:10:31,797 TO THE STUFF THAT NASA'S DOING. 437 00:10:31,864 --> 00:10:34,166 UH, AND IT'S HAPPENING SO FAST, 438 00:10:34,233 --> 00:10:35,901 LIKE, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GONNA 439 00:10:35,968 --> 00:10:36,769 HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 5 440 00:10:36,836 --> 00:10:38,437 OR 10 YEARS OR 15 YEARS? 441 00:10:38,504 --> 00:10:40,039 UH, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE IN 442 00:10:40,106 --> 00:10:42,274 THIS REALLY GREAT TIME FRAME 443 00:10:42,341 --> 00:10:43,476 WHERE THINGS ARE 444 00:10:43,542 --> 00:10:44,543 CHANGING EXPONENTIALLY, 445 00:10:44,610 --> 00:10:45,745 THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNOLOGICAL 446 00:10:45,811 --> 00:10:46,779 DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON, 447 00:10:46,846 --> 00:10:48,247 THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST, 448 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:50,149 UH, THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING. 449 00:10:50,216 --> 00:10:51,050 IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE 450 00:10:51,117 --> 00:10:52,818 REALLY IN A-A SWEET SPOT 451 00:10:52,885 --> 00:10:54,954 OF, UH, SPACE EXPLORATION, 452 00:10:55,021 --> 00:10:55,988 BOTH MANNED AND UNMANNED. 453 00:10:56,055 --> 00:10:58,791 UH, SO IT'S HARD FOR ME 454 00:10:58,858 --> 00:10:59,592 TO POINT TO ONE THING. 455 00:10:59,658 --> 00:11:00,426 I'M JUST SUPER EXCITED 456 00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:01,861 TO SEE WHAT ROAD WE GO DOWN, 457 00:11:01,927 --> 00:11:04,163 WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, 458 00:11:04,230 --> 00:11:04,797 AND HOW SOON 459 00:11:04,864 --> 00:11:05,598 WE'RE GONNA GET THERE. 460 00:11:05,664 --> 00:11:06,465 'CAUSE IT'S NOT A QUESTION 461 00:11:06,532 --> 00:11:07,800 OF IF IT'S GONNA HAPPEN, 462 00:11:07,867 --> 00:11:08,567 BUT HOW QUICKLY 463 00:11:08,634 --> 00:11:09,635 IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 464 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:17,143 GOING TO SPACE 465 00:11:17,209 --> 00:11:17,943 FOR THE FIRST TIME, 466 00:11:18,010 --> 00:11:19,011 IT'S HARD TO EVEN WRAP 467 00:11:19,078 --> 00:11:20,279 YOUR HEAD AROUND, UH, 468 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:23,182 AROUND THAT, UH, CONCEPT. 469 00:11:23,249 --> 00:11:24,784 LIKE, WHAT'S IT GONNA BE LIKE? 470 00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:25,818 I MEAN, YOU'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED 471 00:11:25,885 --> 00:11:27,553 ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE. 472 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:29,355 UH, I GUESS IT'S LIKE 473 00:11:29,422 --> 00:11:30,322 THE FIRST TIME YOU GO OUT 474 00:11:30,389 --> 00:11:31,190 TO AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER 475 00:11:31,257 --> 00:11:32,058 AND YOU-AND YOU LAND 476 00:11:32,124 --> 00:11:32,925 ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER, 477 00:11:32,992 --> 00:11:34,060 YOU GET A CATAPULT OFF OF IT. 478 00:11:34,126 --> 00:11:36,062 THERE'S NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE 479 00:11:36,128 --> 00:11:36,829 THAT YOU HAVE 480 00:11:36,896 --> 00:11:37,830 THAT CAN REALLY PREPARE YOU 481 00:11:37,897 --> 00:11:38,697 FOR THOSE MOMENTS. 482 00:11:38,764 --> 00:11:40,332 UH, YOU JUST KIND OF, 483 00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:41,267 YOU'RE ALONG FOR THE RIDE 484 00:11:41,333 --> 00:11:42,568 AND WHILE IT'S HAPPENING, 485 00:11:42,635 --> 00:11:44,003 UH, YOU'RE JUST LIKE, 486 00:11:44,070 --> 00:11:44,670 "I CAN'T BELIEVE 487 00:11:44,737 --> 00:11:45,438 THIS IS HAPPENING." 488 00:11:45,504 --> 00:11:47,706 UH, SO I'M EXCITED 489 00:11:47,773 --> 00:11:48,741 FOR THE NEW EXPERIENCE, 490 00:11:48,808 --> 00:11:49,675 AN EXPERIENCE THAT CAN'T BE 491 00:11:49,742 --> 00:11:51,277 REPLICATED ANY OTHER WAY. 492 00:11:51,343 --> 00:11:54,080 UH, ONE PARTICULAR ASPECT? 493 00:11:54,146 --> 00:11:54,880 I COULDN'T POINT TO 494 00:11:54,947 --> 00:11:55,714 ONE PARTICULAR ASPECT. 495 00:11:55,781 --> 00:11:56,315 I'M EXCITED 496 00:11:56,382 --> 00:11:57,249 ABOUT THE WHOLE THING, 497 00:11:57,316 --> 00:11:58,250 ABOUT DOING SOMETHING 498 00:11:58,317 --> 00:12:00,453 NEW AND EXCITING, UH, 499 00:12:00,519 --> 00:12:02,188 AND CHALLENGING, UH, 500 00:12:02,254 --> 00:12:03,923 AND JUST-IT'S JUST-- 501 00:12:03,989 --> 00:12:05,357 IT'S GONNA BE A BLAST. 502 00:12:12,064 --> 00:12:12,865 THE FIRST THING I'M GONNA DO 503 00:12:12,932 --> 00:12:14,400 WHEN I GET TO SPACE IS UNSTRAP, 504 00:12:14,467 --> 00:12:16,035 FLOAT AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT, 505 00:12:16,102 --> 00:12:17,303 SEE WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE. 506 00:12:17,369 --> 00:12:19,004 UH, HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE 507 00:12:19,071 --> 00:12:19,772 SOME BUTTONS TO PUSH 508 00:12:19,839 --> 00:12:20,506 OR SOMETHING TO HELP 509 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:21,073 THE SPACECRAFT 510 00:12:21,140 --> 00:12:21,974 GET TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO. 511 00:12:22,041 --> 00:12:23,609 UH, BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT 512 00:12:23,676 --> 00:12:25,177 THAT, UH, FEELING 513 00:12:25,244 --> 00:12:25,978 OF WEIGHTLESSNESS 514 00:12:26,045 --> 00:12:28,180 WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, I-- 515 00:12:28,247 --> 00:12:29,148 WILL BE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN 516 00:12:29,215 --> 00:12:30,015 THE FEELING OF WEIGHTLESSNESS 517 00:12:30,082 --> 00:12:31,150 YOU CAN KIND OF SIMULATE 518 00:12:31,217 --> 00:12:32,051 A LITTLE BIT IN AN AIRCRAFT 519 00:12:32,118 --> 00:12:34,053 IN THE ATMOSPHERE, UH, 520 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:35,254 YOU KNOW, ON A ZERO-G DIVE 521 00:12:35,321 --> 00:12:36,021 OR WHATEVER. 522 00:12:36,088 --> 00:12:37,323 BUT, UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED 523 00:12:37,389 --> 00:12:38,524 TO SEE WHAT THAT 524 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:39,391 ACTUALLY FEELS LIKE, 525 00:12:39,458 --> 00:12:41,127 TO BE JUST FLOATING AROUND. 526 00:12:41,193 --> 00:12:42,528 AND THEN THE NEXT THING 527 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:43,162 I'M GONNA DO 528 00:12:43,229 --> 00:12:43,896 IS LOOK OUT THE WINDOW, UH, 529 00:12:43,963 --> 00:12:45,731 'CAUSE I JUST-- 530 00:12:45,798 --> 00:12:47,933 PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT, UH, 531 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,836 HOW AWE INSPIRING THE VISTA 532 00:12:50,903 --> 00:12:53,639 OF-OF THE EARTH ITSELF IS, 533 00:12:53,706 --> 00:12:55,708 UH, I'M JUST-- 534 00:12:55,774 --> 00:12:56,509 I'M REALLY EXCITED 535 00:12:56,575 --> 00:12:57,910 TO-TO GET OUT OF THAT SEAT, 536 00:12:57,977 --> 00:12:58,978 FLOAT AROUND A LITTLE BIT, 537 00:12:59,044 --> 00:13:00,045 AND JUST LOOK OUT THE WINDOW 538 00:13:00,112 --> 00:13:01,981 AND JUST-JUST APPRECIATE 539 00:13:02,047 --> 00:13:02,748 HOW WONDERFUL 540 00:13:02,815 --> 00:13:04,350 OUR PLANET EARTH IS. 541 00:13:12,291 --> 00:13:13,792 THE BEST ADVICE I'VE RECEIVED 542 00:13:13,859 --> 00:13:14,960 ABOUT BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT, 543 00:13:15,027 --> 00:13:18,764 UH, IT'S TO BE THE TYPE 544 00:13:18,831 --> 00:13:21,500 OF PERSON THAT GETS SELECTED 545 00:13:21,567 --> 00:13:22,501 TO BE AN ASTRONAUT. 546 00:13:22,568 --> 00:13:23,469 LIKE, THERE'S NO 547 00:13:23,536 --> 00:13:24,570 ONE THING YOU CAN DO, 548 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:25,471 THERE'S NO ONE WAY 549 00:13:25,538 --> 00:13:26,605 TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT. 550 00:13:26,672 --> 00:13:27,940 EVERYONE'S GOT SUCH DIFFERENT 551 00:13:28,007 --> 00:13:29,975 BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERTISES. 552 00:13:30,042 --> 00:13:31,577 UH, I GUESS 553 00:13:31,644 --> 00:13:33,112 YOU FIND WHAT YOU LOVE, 554 00:13:33,179 --> 00:13:34,413 YOU GET REALLY GOOD AT IT, 555 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,515 UH, AND THEN JUST BE 556 00:13:36,582 --> 00:13:37,383 THE TYPE OF PERSON, 557 00:13:37,449 --> 00:13:38,284 THE TYPE OF TEAM PLAYER, 558 00:13:38,350 --> 00:13:39,351 THE TYPE OF PROBLEM SOLVER, 559 00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:41,620 THE TYPE OF, UH, PERSON 560 00:13:41,687 --> 00:13:43,088 THAT WORKS WELL, UH, 561 00:13:43,155 --> 00:13:44,256 WITH VARIOUS DIVERSE 562 00:13:44,323 --> 00:13:45,191 BACKGROUNDS, PEOPLE, 563 00:13:45,257 --> 00:13:46,158 TO WORK TO SOLVE 564 00:13:46,225 --> 00:13:47,193 A COMPLICATED PROBLEM 565 00:13:47,259 --> 00:13:49,061 IN A DEMANDING ENVIRONMENT. 566 00:13:49,128 --> 00:13:50,296 UH, AND IF YOU'RE THAT 567 00:13:50,362 --> 00:13:52,031 TYPE OF PERSON, UH, 568 00:13:52,097 --> 00:13:52,998 MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE 569 00:13:53,065 --> 00:13:54,500 THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO GO 570 00:13:54,567 --> 00:13:55,234 TO A SELECTION BOARD 571 00:13:55,301 --> 00:13:56,001 AND GET INTERVIEWED, 572 00:13:56,068 --> 00:13:56,569 AND MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE 573 00:13:56,635 --> 00:13:57,503 THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET PICKED. 574 00:13:57,570 --> 00:13:58,637 OR MAYBE YOU WON'T. 575 00:13:58,704 --> 00:13:59,772 BUT IN THE END, UH, 576 00:13:59,838 --> 00:14:01,106 YOU'LL BE THAT TYPE OF PERSON, 577 00:14:01,173 --> 00:14:02,074 AND YOU'LL BE A HAPPIER, 578 00:14:02,141 --> 00:14:04,910 UH, MORE SUCCESSFUL PERSON 579 00:14:04,977 --> 00:14:06,111 THAT HAS BECOME 580 00:14:06,178 --> 00:14:07,179 WHAT YOU WANNA BE. 581 00:14:07,246 --> 00:14:09,014 UH, SO THAT'S THE BEST ADVICE 582 00:14:09,081 --> 00:14:10,115 I CAN GIVE, IS JUST TO BE 583 00:14:10,182 --> 00:14:11,050 THAT TYPE OF PERSON 584 00:14:11,116 --> 00:14:12,618 THAT EXCELS AT WHAT THEY DO, 585 00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:13,452 LOVES WHAT THEY DO, 586 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:14,186 IS PASSIONATE ABOUT 587 00:14:14,253 --> 00:14:15,521 WHAT THEY DO, UH, 588 00:14:15,588 --> 00:14:16,088 AND DOES IT 589 00:14:16,155 --> 00:14:17,122 WITH OTHER PEOPLE WELL. 590 00:14:17,189 --> 00:14:18,524 UH, AND THEN, UH, 591 00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:19,592 THINGS WILL WORK OUT. 592 00:14:26,865 --> 00:14:27,866 UH, WHEN I WAS GETTING READY 593 00:14:27,933 --> 00:14:28,701 TO INTERVIEW FOR 594 00:14:28,767 --> 00:14:29,702 THE FIRST ROUND 595 00:14:29,768 --> 00:14:31,036 OF ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES, 596 00:14:31,103 --> 00:14:31,704 I CALLED 597 00:14:31,770 --> 00:14:33,005 AN OLD NAVY BUDDY OF MINE 598 00:14:33,072 --> 00:14:34,473 WHO WAS A BLUE ANGEL, UH, 599 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:35,608 AND I WAS LIKE, "HEY, 600 00:14:35,674 --> 00:14:36,742 YOU WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS 601 00:14:36,809 --> 00:14:37,509 TO GET SELECTED 602 00:14:37,576 --> 00:14:38,310 TO BE A BLUE ANGEL. 603 00:14:38,377 --> 00:14:39,511 I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY 604 00:14:39,578 --> 00:14:41,313 SOME SIMILARITIES IN TERMS 605 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:42,848 OF HOW THEY DO THE INTERVIEWS 606 00:14:42,915 --> 00:14:43,749 AND SELECTION PROCESS. 607 00:14:43,816 --> 00:14:45,117 I'VE NEVER DONE AN INTERVIEW 608 00:14:45,184 --> 00:14:46,018 LIKE THIS BEFORE, 609 00:14:46,085 --> 00:14:48,520 UH, WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE?" 610 00:14:48,587 --> 00:14:49,588 UH, AND THE PIECE OF ADVICE 611 00:14:49,655 --> 00:14:51,156 HE GAVE ME WAS THAT, UH, 612 00:14:51,223 --> 00:14:51,824 "THEY'RE GONNA ASK YOU 613 00:14:51,890 --> 00:14:52,925 A QUESTION, LIKE, UH, 614 00:14:52,992 --> 00:14:54,493 'WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST PET PEEVE?' 615 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:55,427 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT." 616 00:14:55,494 --> 00:14:58,297 UH, AND, UH, HE'S LIKE, 617 00:14:58,364 --> 00:14:59,164 "THE BEST WAY 618 00:14:59,231 --> 00:14:59,898 TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION 619 00:14:59,965 --> 00:15:01,967 IS TO TELL A FUNNY STORY." 620 00:15:02,034 --> 00:15:03,802 UH, AND HE'S LIKE, "YOU KNOW, 621 00:15:03,869 --> 00:15:04,903 I WAS INTERVIEWING 622 00:15:04,970 --> 00:15:05,771 TO BE A BLUE ANGEL 623 00:15:05,838 --> 00:15:06,505 AND THEY ASKED ME 624 00:15:06,572 --> 00:15:07,273 WHAT MY PET PEEVE WAS. 625 00:15:07,339 --> 00:15:08,007 I WAS LIKE, "YOU KNOW 626 00:15:08,073 --> 00:15:08,841 WHAT MY PET PEEVE IS? 627 00:15:08,907 --> 00:15:09,541 IS WHEN PEOPLE 628 00:15:09,608 --> 00:15:11,310 DON'T PUT GROCERY CARTS 629 00:15:11,377 --> 00:15:12,978 BACK IN THE LINE WHEN THEY GO-- 630 00:15:13,045 --> 00:15:14,079 WHEN THEY DROP THEIR 631 00:15:14,146 --> 00:15:15,080 GROCERIES OFF AT THEIR CAR. 632 00:15:15,147 --> 00:15:15,781 AND THEN THE CARTS ARE 633 00:15:15,848 --> 00:15:16,615 ALL OVER THE PARKING LOT 634 00:15:16,682 --> 00:15:17,383 AND IT'S JUST-- 635 00:15:17,449 --> 00:15:18,484 THEY'RE JUST ALWAYS IN THE WAY. 636 00:15:18,550 --> 00:15:19,118 WHY CAN'T YOU JUST 637 00:15:19,184 --> 00:15:20,119 PUT YOUR CART BACK?" 638 00:15:20,185 --> 00:15:21,954 UH, AND SO I WAS LIKE, 639 00:15:22,021 --> 00:15:22,755 THAT'S A GOOD WAY-- 640 00:15:22,821 --> 00:15:23,555 THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION 641 00:15:23,622 --> 00:15:24,256 TO ANSWER, 642 00:15:24,323 --> 00:15:25,291 THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO DO IT. 643 00:15:25,357 --> 00:15:26,825 SO THAT PIECE OF ADVICE 644 00:15:26,892 --> 00:15:28,227 TO TELL A FUNNY STORY, 645 00:15:28,294 --> 00:15:30,396 UH-UH, STUCK WITH ME 646 00:15:30,462 --> 00:15:31,897 AND HELPED ME OUT 647 00:15:31,964 --> 00:15:32,965 IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS. 648 00:15:41,206 --> 00:15:43,542 MY DREAM DESTINATION IN SPACE, 649 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:46,512 UH, I GUESS IS SPACE ITSELF. 650 00:15:46,578 --> 00:15:47,346 LIKE, IF I END UP 651 00:15:47,413 --> 00:15:48,314 IN LOW EARTH ORBIT, 652 00:15:48,380 --> 00:15:49,915 IF I END UP ON THE MOON, 653 00:15:49,982 --> 00:15:50,516 IF I END UP 654 00:15:50,582 --> 00:15:52,418 DOING SOMETHING ELSE, 655 00:15:52,484 --> 00:15:53,952 UH, ALL OF THAT 656 00:15:54,019 --> 00:15:55,254 WILL BE EXCITING. 657 00:15:55,321 --> 00:15:58,524 UH, YEAH, I-I DON'T EVEN KNOW 658 00:15:58,590 --> 00:15:59,458 HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 659 00:15:59,525 --> 00:16:00,259 LIKE, IT'S SUCH 660 00:16:00,326 --> 00:16:01,360 A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY 661 00:16:01,427 --> 00:16:02,628 TO DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS, 662 00:16:02,695 --> 00:16:03,562 ANY OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES 663 00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:04,330 WOULD BE WONDERFUL FOR ME, 664 00:16:04,396 --> 00:16:05,998 AND I'D BE SUPER EXCITED. 665 00:16:06,065 --> 00:16:06,699 I'M REALLY THRILLED TO GET 666 00:16:06,765 --> 00:16:08,334 ANY OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES 667 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,969 TO-TO GET OUT OF 668 00:16:11,036 --> 00:16:13,272 THE ATMOSPHERE IN ANY WAY, 669 00:16:13,339 --> 00:16:15,007 SHAPE, OR FORM. 670 00:16:22,247 --> 00:16:23,115 THE LEAST EXTRAORDINARY THING 671 00:16:23,182 --> 00:16:24,450 THAT I DO IS FORGET 672 00:16:24,516 --> 00:16:26,051 WHERE I PUT THINGS. 673 00:16:26,118 --> 00:16:27,186 UH, MY WIFE IS CONSTANTLY 674 00:16:27,252 --> 00:16:28,454 COMPLAINING THAT I'VE PUT DOWN 675 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,856 MY KEYS, PUT DOWN MY PHONE, 676 00:16:30,923 --> 00:16:32,024 I CAN'T FIND MY COVER 677 00:16:32,091 --> 00:16:34,026 TO GO TO WORK, UH, 678 00:16:34,093 --> 00:16:35,461 I FORGOT MY LUNCH. 679 00:16:35,527 --> 00:16:38,297 UH, ONE TIME I WAS GETTING READY 680 00:16:38,364 --> 00:16:39,064 TO GO ON A DEPLOYMENT 681 00:16:39,131 --> 00:16:40,265 AND I FORGOT 682 00:16:40,332 --> 00:16:41,233 A CRITICAL UNIFORM ITEM 683 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:42,234 THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING. 684 00:16:42,301 --> 00:16:42,801 AND AFTER WE HAD SAID 685 00:16:42,868 --> 00:16:43,435 OUR GOODBYES, SHE HAD 686 00:16:43,502 --> 00:16:44,603 TO COME BACK AND DROP IT OFF, 687 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:45,738 'CAUSE I'M CONSTANTLY 688 00:16:45,804 --> 00:16:46,905 FORGETTING, UH, 689 00:16:46,972 --> 00:16:48,440 WHERE I PUT THINGS. 690 00:16:48,507 --> 00:16:49,174 SO THAT'S-THAT'S PROBABLY 691 00:16:49,241 --> 00:16:50,142 THE LEAST EXTRAORDINARY, 692 00:16:50,209 --> 00:16:51,143 MY WIFE WOULD SAY 693 00:16:51,210 --> 00:16:51,910 THE MOST FRUSTRATING THING 694 00:16:51,977 --> 00:16:53,278 ABOUT ME. 695 00:17:00,652 --> 00:17:01,820 WHEN I'M TRYING TO STUDY 696 00:17:01,887 --> 00:17:02,955 OR GET READY FOR A TEST 697 00:17:03,021 --> 00:17:05,491 OR, UH, WORK ON A PAPER 698 00:17:05,557 --> 00:17:07,092 THAT I'M TRYING TO WRITE DOWN, 699 00:17:07,159 --> 00:17:08,026 I TRY TO FIND THE BEST PLACE 700 00:17:08,093 --> 00:17:09,762 FOR ME TO-TO WORK. 701 00:17:09,828 --> 00:17:10,362 LIKE, EVERYONE'S KINDA 702 00:17:10,429 --> 00:17:11,563 GOT THEIR OWN, LIKE, 703 00:17:11,630 --> 00:17:12,464 HAPPY SPACE WHERE THEY WORK. 704 00:17:12,531 --> 00:17:13,999 MAYBE IT'S IN THEIR ROOM, 705 00:17:14,066 --> 00:17:15,634 MAYBE IT'S SOMEWHERE ELSE. 706 00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:17,336 UH, FOR ME IT'S LIKE, 707 00:17:17,403 --> 00:17:18,470 I PUT ON A PAIR OF HEADPHONES, 708 00:17:18,537 --> 00:17:20,038 I GET SOME MUSIC GOING, 709 00:17:20,105 --> 00:17:22,541 UH, AND I JUST, UH, 710 00:17:22,608 --> 00:17:23,575 HAVE SOME MUSIC GOING 711 00:17:23,642 --> 00:17:24,443 AND KIND OF ISOLATE MYSELF 712 00:17:24,510 --> 00:17:25,077 FROM EVERYONE ELSE. 713 00:17:25,144 --> 00:17:25,844 AND THEN I CAN JUST FOCUS 714 00:17:25,911 --> 00:17:27,079 ON WHAT I'M DOING 715 00:17:27,146 --> 00:17:28,046 AND KIND OF THE MUSIC KEEPS ME- 716 00:17:28,113 --> 00:17:28,947 KEEPS ME ON TRACK, 717 00:17:29,014 --> 00:17:29,948 KEEPS ME MOVING, AND THEN 718 00:17:30,015 --> 00:17:30,949 I CAN JUST-I CAN JUST 719 00:17:31,016 --> 00:17:32,351 WORK THROUGH WHATEVER PAPER 720 00:17:32,418 --> 00:17:33,986 OR MATH PROBLEM, OR WHATEVER 721 00:17:34,052 --> 00:17:35,020 I'M GONNA GO WORK OUT. 722 00:17:35,087 --> 00:17:36,288 SO I GUESS MY BEST TIP 723 00:17:36,355 --> 00:17:37,623 IS TO FIND THE PLACE 724 00:17:37,689 --> 00:17:39,191 THAT YOU WORK BEST, UH, 725 00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:40,359 AND THEN USE THAT, UH, 726 00:17:40,426 --> 00:17:41,026 AND KNOW HOW YOU- 727 00:17:41,093 --> 00:17:41,960 KNOW HOW YOU WORK BEST 728 00:17:42,027 --> 00:17:42,995 AND JUST SET YOURSELF UP 729 00:17:43,061 --> 00:17:45,264 FOR THAT. 730 00:17:50,702 --> 00:17:52,104 WHEN I WAS IN, UH, 731 00:17:52,171 --> 00:17:52,871 I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW 732 00:17:52,938 --> 00:17:53,972 IF IT'S LATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 733 00:17:54,039 --> 00:17:55,140 OR MIDDLE SCHOOL OR WHATEVER, 734 00:17:55,207 --> 00:17:57,676 BUT, UH, MY-- ONE OF 735 00:17:57,743 --> 00:17:59,044 MY MATH TEACHERS 736 00:17:59,111 --> 00:18:01,013 GAVE ME A WORKSHEET FOR 737 00:18:01,079 --> 00:18:02,848 DIFFERENT BASE NUMBER PROBLEMS. 738 00:18:02,915 --> 00:18:03,816 LIKE WE ALWAYS TALK 739 00:18:03,882 --> 00:18:05,918 IN BASE TEN NUMBERS, 740 00:18:05,984 --> 00:18:07,152 AND I'D NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED 741 00:18:07,219 --> 00:18:08,020 THAT THERE'S OTHER, 742 00:18:08,086 --> 00:18:09,221 YOU KNOW, BASE NUMBERS. 743 00:18:09,288 --> 00:18:09,822 LIKE YOU COULD WORK 744 00:18:09,888 --> 00:18:10,889 IN BASE SEVEN OR YOU COULD WORK 745 00:18:10,956 --> 00:18:11,824 IN BASE NINE, OR YOU COULD DO 746 00:18:11,890 --> 00:18:13,992 BINARY BASE TWO. 747 00:18:14,059 --> 00:18:15,828 UH, IT KIND OF OPENED MY MIND 748 00:18:15,894 --> 00:18:17,729 TO THE FACT THAT MATH 749 00:18:17,796 --> 00:18:19,231 IS KIND OF A CONSTRUCT, 750 00:18:19,298 --> 00:18:19,731 AND YOU CAN SOLVE 751 00:18:19,798 --> 00:18:21,033 ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS 752 00:18:21,099 --> 00:18:21,733 BY LOOKING AT IT 753 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:22,901 IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 754 00:18:22,968 --> 00:18:23,569 SOMETIMES THE WAY 755 00:18:23,635 --> 00:18:25,804 THAT WE LOOK AT THINGS, UH, 756 00:18:25,871 --> 00:18:27,105 NOT NECESSARILY ARBITRARY, 757 00:18:27,172 --> 00:18:27,973 BUT THERE'S OTHER WAYS, 758 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:28,740 OTHER POINTS OF VIEW 759 00:18:28,807 --> 00:18:30,108 TO LOOK AT PROBLEMS. 760 00:18:30,175 --> 00:18:31,643 UH, THAT KIND OF OPENED MY EYES 761 00:18:31,710 --> 00:18:33,645 TO THAT TYPE OF THINKING. 762 00:18:33,712 --> 00:18:34,880 NOT JUST THAT YOU CAN DO MATH 763 00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:35,981 IN BASE SEVEN OR EIGHT 764 00:18:36,048 --> 00:18:37,216 OR WHATEVER, BUT THAT 765 00:18:37,282 --> 00:18:38,383 YOU CAN LOOK AT PROBLEMS 766 00:18:38,450 --> 00:18:39,885 IN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAYS, 767 00:18:39,952 --> 00:18:40,285 AND CHANGING 768 00:18:40,352 --> 00:18:41,753 THAT PERSPECTIVE, UH, 769 00:18:41,820 --> 00:18:42,888 CAN SOMETIMES HELP YOU 770 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:44,356 SOLVE A DIFFICULT PROBLEM. 771 00:18:44,423 --> 00:18:45,657 THAT WAS KIND OF A NEAT, UH, 772 00:18:45,724 --> 00:18:48,126 EXPERIENCE FOR ME TO SEE HOW-- 773 00:18:48,193 --> 00:18:50,729 UH, TO KIND OF START 774 00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:52,397 MY INTEREST IN STEM, 775 00:18:52,464 --> 00:18:53,565 UH, AND MATH AND SCIENCE 776 00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:56,001 GOING FORWARD FROM THERE. 777 00:19:01,773 --> 00:19:02,941 I GUESS A CHALLENGE FOR ME 778 00:19:03,008 --> 00:19:04,843 IN SCHOOL, UH, GROWING UP, 779 00:19:04,910 --> 00:19:06,245 MAYBE ALL THE WAY, UH, 780 00:19:06,311 --> 00:19:07,346 EVEN TO NOW IS, UH, 781 00:19:07,412 --> 00:19:08,347 IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED 782 00:19:08,413 --> 00:19:09,348 IN A TOPIC, BUT IT'S A TOPIC 783 00:19:09,414 --> 00:19:10,482 YOU GOTTA GET THROUGH 784 00:19:10,549 --> 00:19:11,383 OR IT'S A SUBJECT 785 00:19:11,450 --> 00:19:12,150 THAT YOU GOTTA DO, 786 00:19:12,217 --> 00:19:12,584 BUT IT'S NOT 787 00:19:12,651 --> 00:19:14,253 THE MOST INTERESTING FOR YOU. 788 00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:16,288 UH, WHEN I'M NOT INTERESTED, 789 00:19:16,355 --> 00:19:16,822 IT'S HARD FOR ME 790 00:19:16,889 --> 00:19:18,524 SOMETIMES TO FOCUS 791 00:19:18,590 --> 00:19:19,358 AND-AND GET THE- 792 00:19:19,424 --> 00:19:20,592 GET THE WORK DONE. 793 00:19:20,659 --> 00:19:21,994 UH, IT'S PROBABLY TRUE 794 00:19:22,060 --> 00:19:22,861 OF A LOT OF PEOPLE. 795 00:19:22,928 --> 00:19:24,196 YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE 796 00:19:24,263 --> 00:19:25,163 A LOT OF GREAT ADVICE ON HOW 797 00:19:25,230 --> 00:19:26,298 YOU OVERCOME THAT CHALLENGE 798 00:19:26,365 --> 00:19:26,965 OTHER THAN YOU JUST 799 00:19:27,032 --> 00:19:28,433 BUCKLE DOWN AND, UH, 800 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:30,035 AND, UH, FIND THE WAY 801 00:19:30,102 --> 00:19:31,069 THAT YOU WORK BEST 802 00:19:31,136 --> 00:19:32,471 TO GET THROUGH THOSE THINGS. 803 00:19:32,538 --> 00:19:33,572 SOMETIMES I TRY TO DO 804 00:19:33,639 --> 00:19:35,340 THE-THE WORK I WANNA DO FIRST 805 00:19:35,407 --> 00:19:36,775 SO I CAN BE IN A GOOD MOOD, 806 00:19:36,842 --> 00:19:37,276 AND THEN DO THE STUFF 807 00:19:37,342 --> 00:19:38,010 I DON'T WANNA DO. 808 00:19:38,076 --> 00:19:39,511 SOMETIMES I DO THE STUFF 809 00:19:39,578 --> 00:19:40,946 I DON'T REALLY WANNA DO FIRST 810 00:19:41,013 --> 00:19:42,080 SO THAT I HAVE THE-THE, 811 00:19:42,147 --> 00:19:43,282 UH, TREAT OF THE WORK 812 00:19:43,348 --> 00:19:44,783 I'D RATHER DO AT THE END 813 00:19:44,850 --> 00:19:46,418 AND I GOTTA GET TO IT FIRST. 814 00:19:46,485 --> 00:19:47,553 UH, BUT THAT-THAT'S KIND OF 815 00:19:47,619 --> 00:19:48,554 ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE OF STUFF 816 00:19:48,620 --> 00:19:49,955 THAT'S NOT SUPER INTERESTING, 817 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:50,656 UH, TO ME 818 00:19:50,722 --> 00:19:52,524 TO-TO FIND THE FOCUS, UH, 819 00:19:52,591 --> 00:19:54,126 TO GET THROUGH THOSE PROBLEMS. 820 00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:02,734 IN THE NAVY, UH, 821 00:20:02,801 --> 00:20:04,970 WHEN WE SELECT PILOTS, UH, 822 00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:05,938 AND-AND REALLY ENGINEERS 823 00:20:06,004 --> 00:20:06,538 AS WELL, TO GO TO 824 00:20:06,605 --> 00:20:08,106 TEST PILOT SCHOOL, UH, 825 00:20:08,173 --> 00:20:08,941 WE'RE KIND OF UNIQUE 826 00:20:09,007 --> 00:20:11,543 AMONG MOST, UH, UH, SERVICES 827 00:20:11,610 --> 00:20:12,644 THAT OPERATE AIRCRAFT 828 00:20:12,711 --> 00:20:13,278 AROUND THE WORLD, 829 00:20:13,345 --> 00:20:14,246 EVEN IN THE US SERVICES, 830 00:20:14,313 --> 00:20:15,480 IN THAT ONCE YOU GO 831 00:20:15,547 --> 00:20:16,715 TO TEST PILOT SCHOOL, 832 00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:17,649 YOU GRADUATE, AND THEN YOU 833 00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:18,650 GO DO A TEST TOUR, BUT THEN 834 00:20:18,717 --> 00:20:20,485 YOU GO BACK OPERATIONAL, 835 00:20:20,552 --> 00:20:21,520 UH, AFTERWARDS. 836 00:20:21,587 --> 00:20:23,221 AND MOST-MOST AIR FORCES 837 00:20:23,288 --> 00:20:24,723 AND MOST OTHER, UH, NAVIES 838 00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:27,125 THAT OPERATE AIRCRAFT, UH, 839 00:20:27,192 --> 00:20:27,993 STAY TEST PILOTS 840 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:28,860 FOR THEIR WHOLE CAREER. 841 00:20:28,927 --> 00:20:30,629 IT'S REALLY AWESOME, I THINK, 842 00:20:30,696 --> 00:20:32,297 UH, THAT WE IN THE NAVY, 843 00:20:32,364 --> 00:20:33,565 IN THE US NAVY, 844 00:20:33,632 --> 00:20:34,399 TAKE OUR TEST PILOTS 845 00:20:34,466 --> 00:20:36,201 AND ALL THAT SCIENTIFIC 846 00:20:36,268 --> 00:20:37,302 AND ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE 847 00:20:37,369 --> 00:20:38,103 AND EXPERIENCE, 848 00:20:38,170 --> 00:20:39,171 AND WE GO BACK OPERATIONAL 849 00:20:39,237 --> 00:20:40,439 TO HELP-HELP THE FLEET, 850 00:20:40,505 --> 00:20:42,341 UH, BE MORE CAPABLE. 851 00:20:42,407 --> 00:20:42,941 UH, I THINK 852 00:20:43,008 --> 00:20:44,076 THAT'S REALLY AWESOME. 853 00:20:44,142 --> 00:20:45,143 UH, BUT THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT 854 00:20:45,210 --> 00:20:46,678 IS THAT I LOVED BEING 855 00:20:46,745 --> 00:20:47,546 A TEST PILOT, 856 00:20:47,613 --> 00:20:49,047 I LOVED BEING ON A TEST TEAM, 857 00:20:49,114 --> 00:20:49,514 I LOVED WORKING WITH 858 00:20:49,581 --> 00:20:51,550 THE FLIGHT TEST ENGINEERS, 859 00:20:51,617 --> 00:20:52,517 AND I ONLY GOT A SHORT PERIOD 860 00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:53,452 OF TIME TO DO THAT, 861 00:20:53,518 --> 00:20:54,953 ONLY LIKE TWO OR THREE YEARS, 862 00:20:55,020 --> 00:20:56,154 UH, OR SO AFTER I GRADUATED 863 00:20:56,221 --> 00:20:57,289 TEST PILOT SCHOOL. 864 00:20:57,356 --> 00:20:58,056 AND THEN I WENT BACK 865 00:20:58,123 --> 00:20:59,925 TO THE OPERATIONAL WORLD, 866 00:20:59,992 --> 00:21:00,559 AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO 867 00:21:00,626 --> 00:21:02,461 GO BACK TO THE TEST WORLD YET. 868 00:21:02,527 --> 00:21:03,362 SO NOW THAT I'VE HAD 869 00:21:03,428 --> 00:21:04,229 THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY, 870 00:21:04,296 --> 00:21:05,964 I'VE BEEN SELECTED FOR NASA, 871 00:21:06,031 --> 00:21:06,999 I CAN-- GONNA GET 872 00:21:07,065 --> 00:21:07,699 THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK 873 00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:08,467 WITH A WHOLE BUNCH 874 00:21:08,533 --> 00:21:09,768 OF FLIGHT TEST TEAMS 875 00:21:09,835 --> 00:21:11,536 TO SOLVE ENGINEERING CHALLENGES, 876 00:21:11,603 --> 00:21:13,839 TO WORK OUT FLIGHT CONTROL LAWS, 877 00:21:13,905 --> 00:21:14,306 AND DIFFERENT 878 00:21:14,373 --> 00:21:15,774 FLIGHT DYNAMIC ISSUES, 879 00:21:15,841 --> 00:21:17,409 UH, AND KIND OF COMBINED 880 00:21:17,476 --> 00:21:19,511 THAT SENSE OF-OF ME AS A PILOT 881 00:21:19,578 --> 00:21:21,046 AND MY PILOTING EXPERIENCE, 882 00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:23,882 HOW I CAN HELP THE ENGINEERS, 883 00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:25,017 UH, SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS, 884 00:21:25,083 --> 00:21:25,851 HOW THE ENGINEERS CAN HELP US 885 00:21:25,917 --> 00:21:27,619 SOLVE OUR, UH, 886 00:21:27,686 --> 00:21:28,720 PILOTING CHALLENGES 887 00:21:28,787 --> 00:21:30,188 IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A PRODUCT, 888 00:21:30,255 --> 00:21:30,989 YOU KNOW, A SPACECRAFT 889 00:21:31,056 --> 00:21:32,491 IN THIS CASE, UH, 890 00:21:32,557 --> 00:21:33,458 THAT CAN DO 891 00:21:33,525 --> 00:21:34,493 THE MISSION OBJECTIVE, 892 00:21:34,559 --> 00:21:35,394 RETURN A SAMPLE, 893 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:36,128 BRING PEOPLE SAFELY 894 00:21:36,194 --> 00:21:37,329 TO LOW EARTH ORBIT, 895 00:21:37,396 --> 00:21:38,063 GET THEM TO THE MOON, 896 00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:40,298 ALL THESE CHALLENGES, UH, 897 00:21:40,365 --> 00:21:42,734 THAT ARE FACING NASA AND OTHER, 898 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:44,936 UH, SPACE OPERATORS NOWADAYS. 899 00:21:45,003 --> 00:21:45,871 I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE BACK 900 00:21:45,937 --> 00:21:47,339 INTO THE SCIENCE ENGINEERING 901 00:21:47,406 --> 00:21:49,174 TEST MINDSET 902 00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:50,442 OF WORKING WITH A TEST TEAM 903 00:21:50,509 --> 00:21:52,744 TO, UH, IDENTIFY THESE PROBLEMS, 904 00:21:52,811 --> 00:21:54,413 SOLVE THESE CHALLENGES, 905 00:21:54,479 --> 00:21:55,547 ITERATE UNTIL 906 00:21:55,614 --> 00:21:56,848 WE FIND A SOLUTION. 907 00:21:56,915 --> 00:21:58,050 UH, 'CAUSE WE'RE RIGHT ON 908 00:21:58,116 --> 00:21:59,618 THE LEADING EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY, 909 00:21:59,685 --> 00:22:00,118 STUFF THAT'S NEVER 910 00:22:00,185 --> 00:22:00,819 BEEN DONE BEFORE, 911 00:22:00,886 --> 00:22:01,386 THAT WE'RE NOT SURE 912 00:22:01,453 --> 00:22:02,854 WE CAN EVEN SOLVE WITH 913 00:22:02,921 --> 00:22:04,790 THE MATERIALS AND CAPABILITIES 914 00:22:04,856 --> 00:22:05,857 THAT WE HAVE. 915 00:22:05,924 --> 00:22:07,859 UH, SO, UH, BEING A NAVY 916 00:22:07,926 --> 00:22:09,394 TEST PILOT, I LOVED GOING 917 00:22:09,461 --> 00:22:11,029 BACK OPERATIONAL, UH, 918 00:22:11,096 --> 00:22:12,497 THAT'S WHAT, UH, NAVY PILOTS DO, 919 00:22:12,564 --> 00:22:13,498 WE GO OUT TO SEA, 920 00:22:13,565 --> 00:22:14,900 UH, YOU KNOW, FORWARD PRESENCE, 921 00:22:14,966 --> 00:22:16,768 UH, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR COUNTRY. 922 00:22:16,835 --> 00:22:17,469 BUT I'M SUPER EXCITED 923 00:22:17,536 --> 00:22:18,203 ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY 924 00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:19,271 TO TAKE ALL THAT OPERATIONAL 925 00:22:19,337 --> 00:22:19,971 EXPERIENCE, BRING IT BACK 926 00:22:20,038 --> 00:22:21,073 INTO THE TEST WORLD, 927 00:22:21,139 --> 00:22:23,108 SPECIFICALLY FOR SPACECRAFT, 928 00:22:23,175 --> 00:22:24,443 UH, AND OTHER, UH, 929 00:22:24,509 --> 00:22:25,677 TYPES OF ENGINEERING CHALLENGES 930 00:22:25,744 --> 00:22:26,611 WE GET TO FACE 931 00:22:26,678 --> 00:22:28,613 AND SOLVE HERE AT NASA.