In this episode:
We meet former NASA astronaut Lt. Col. Duane "Digger" Carey, USAF (Ret.), and current owner of One-Eighty Out, Inc. Among Digger’s accomplishments was piloting the Space Shuttle Columbia on the STS-109 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope in 2002.
In part one of this two-part conversation, Digger talks about his humble beginnings as a kid who grew up in the housing projects of St. Paul, Minnesota, disliking school and how, against those odds, he transformed himself into who he is today. He also discusses how, during his years motorcycling and train-hopping across the country, he became inspired to pursue a college education so he could join the U.S. Air Force — setting into motion the events that led him to become an astronaut.
Citing the importance of confidence and determination in the pursuit of achieving one’s goals, Carey says, “The whole philosophy has to be: You see something you want to do, and you go after it, and if people laugh at you, or think that you’re not very smart, or think that you’re unprepared — let them laugh and stuff like that, because you’re going to show them in the long run, because you’re never going to give up.”
To learn more about Digger’s current efforts with One-Eighty Out Inc., visit the website at http://www.astronautbiker.com or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/astronautbiker/
Introductory and closing music: Paint the Sky by Hans Atom (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/hansatom/50718 Ft: Miss Judged
Danny Jaques — Creator & Chief “Salsanaut,” Danny’s Rocket Ranch™ Space Salsa®
Kevin Rice – Former Director of Business Management for Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works and NASA JPL
Laurie Orth — ‘Rocket Recorder’ Author, Composer, Educator
Steven Hawley — Former NASA Astronaut, Hubble Space Telescope & Chandra X-ray Observatory Missions
Dorit Donoviel — Director, Translational Research Institute for Space Health
Will Henry – Writer & Producer, “The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O‘Neill”
Garrett Harwood – Founder/CEO of Eagle Shield Inc.
Libby Jackson – UK Space Agency Human Exploration Programme Manager & “Space Explorers: 25 Extraordinary Stories of Space Exploration and Adventure” Author
Homer Hickam – Bestselling Author
Dr. Kathryn Thornton — Former NASA Astronaut
Jay Chattaway, longtime Star Trek series music and score composer
Frank Culbertson — former NASA astronaut, “The only US citizen not on Earth when the Sept. 11 attacks occurred”
Sam Mastovich – General Manager, Keystone Compliance
Robert Brumley – Cofounder/Chairman of CommStar Space Communications
Daniel Lockney – NASA Technology Transfer Program
Andrew Matthes & Leyton Torres – SystemsGo Curriculum Program
Trevor Bennett – Cofounder of Starfish Space
Tom Smokov & Craig Fairclough — Water Pure Technologies
Tracy Fanara – NOAA Scientist/Program Manager & ‘Inspector Planet’
Chris Carberry – Cofounder/CEO of Explore Mars, Inc.
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