Duane G. Carey

And, one thing I definitely enjoyed personally, from a selfish point of view, was exploration and going to places that I had never been to before and learning, you know, meeting the people and getting to know, new sights and sounds, etc. ”

So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things. ”

I could do exploration in this particular career field, and it was a goal that, even if I didn't reach it, it was so high it seemed almost impossible, but even if I didn't reach it, I would still have a good time and a very satisfying career. ”

I consider myself to be very fortunate in my career, my timing has worked out. ”

And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career. ”

Now, I've never flown in space; but the folks who have say that on landing day, you know, you've just spent maybe a week and a half, sometimes two weeks in orbit and you're used to the things happening slowly in space. ”

Those folks out in the space suits are going to be getting beat up. ”

And, obviously as a, as one who likes to travel around myself a lot, I think the Earth is a beautiful place. And, I'm looking forward to some new perspectives. ”

Because when we're in space, my job is primarily getting us there and getting us back. ”

Now you're coming back to Earth, and things are getting more and more dynamic. ”