List of Duane G. Carey Quotes

Those Folks Out In The Space Suits Are Going To Be Getting Beat Up.

Being In Space, I'm Really Looking Forward To Working With This Team Of Folks That I'm With.

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.

I'm Looking Forward To Coming Back, Back To Earth, The Landing, The Views.

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.

And, That's What I Truly Believe That We're Doing When We're Advancing Scientific Knowledge Is We're Someday Making The World Better. Not Only For Our Children, But For All People After That.

And, I Wouldn't Consider Myself To Be A Natural Pilot; I've Had To Work At It.

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.

Now You're Coming Back To Earth, And Things Are Getting More And More Dynamic.

Because When We're In Space, My Job Is Primarily Getting Us There And Getting Us Back.

Well, For Me It Really Wasn't A Case Of Deciding To Be An Astronaut.