1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:06,200 [music] 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,500 I get to do so many cool things here at NASA. 3 00:00:09,500 --> 00:00:13,280 [music] 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,420 I've really had an incredible journey 5 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:22,040 [music] 6 00:00:22,180 --> 00:00:23,860 and I like to share that with people. 7 00:00:23,860 --> 00:00:36,040 [music] 8 00:00:36,420 --> 00:00:38,360 I've been a contractor at the NASA 9 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,520 Dryden Flight Research Center since 1988 10 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,140 I am a senior producer, director and 11 00:00:44,140 --> 00:00:45,920 video supervisor for the Dryden 12 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:47,240 television department. 13 00:00:48,020 --> 00:00:51,280 I produce, I direct, I edit 14 00:00:51,820 --> 00:00:53,980 I run camera and I technical 15 00:00:53,980 --> 00:00:55,840 direct Space Shuttle landings whenever 16 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,440 they land at Edwards Air Force Base in California. 17 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:01,900 I'm staying with LRO, I'm stay with LRO 18 00:01:02,380 --> 00:01:04,560 Stay with it guys! Pan for me! Pan in! 19 00:01:10,660 --> 00:01:13,660 I get to do so many cool things here at NASA. 20 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:16,960 Of course, the coolest, most notable, most visual part of 21 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:19,800 what I get to do is flying in high-performance aircraft. 22 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,320 we transmit the live signal to the ground to the 23 00:01:24,340 --> 00:01:26,600 control room for all the engineers and 24 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,320 a roomful of people watching what I'm 25 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:31,600 doing from an hour to two hours. 26 00:01:32,020 --> 00:01:33,660 I can't put that camera down to take a break 27 00:01:33,740 --> 00:01:36,360 because I feel like I have a responsibility to these folks 28 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,400 to get this imagery so they can see what's 29 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,780 going on so they can make assessments on, on 30 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:43,060 the data they're seeing versus what 31 00:01:43,060 --> 00:01:45,180 they're seeing live from the air. 32 00:01:45,860 --> 00:01:48,620 And NASA does use video as a very key tool 33 00:01:48,620 --> 00:01:49,840 in making assessments. 34 00:01:50,820 --> 00:01:53,740 There is an extra element of trying to maintain the 35 00:01:53,740 --> 00:01:55,840 stillness of holding the camera and that 36 00:01:55,900 --> 00:01:58,280 involves everything from going upside down, 37 00:01:58,380 --> 00:02:00,200 pulling three to four to five G's. 38 00:02:00,580 --> 00:02:02,620 Just the maneuvering capability and 39 00:02:02,630 --> 00:02:04,280 trying to hold that that aircraft in 40 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,290 shot doesn't always work that well but 41 00:02:06,290 --> 00:02:07,920 we do our best. 42 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,540 [music] 43 00:02:10,620 --> 00:02:12,080 You know, some of the preparation stuff 44 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:13,300 that we have to do is 45 00:02:13,310 --> 00:02:15,360 not only with an altitude chamber 46 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,900 you know your physiological capabilities but 47 00:02:17,900 --> 00:02:20,220 there's also land survival and water survival 48 00:02:20,220 --> 00:02:21,530 we have to have egress training 49 00:02:21,530 --> 00:02:25,040 to know how to safely get out of the aircraft. 50 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:25,940 Whether it's on the ground or 51 00:02:25,940 --> 00:02:27,720 you have to eject so we always have to be 52 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,330 prepared for those kinds of things so 53 00:02:29,330 --> 00:02:31,380 there's a psychological aspect of all 54 00:02:31,380 --> 00:02:33,940 that to being, being ready for anything, really. 55 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,780 I think it's important to always challenge yourself, 56 00:02:36,780 --> 00:02:38,080 to not only exceed 57 00:02:38,090 --> 00:02:40,220 everyone else's expectations so try to 58 00:02:40,220 --> 00:02:42,740 exceed your own in everything you do. 59 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:44,840 I have worked with some of the most 60 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,620 amazing people and I've flown with some of the 61 00:02:47,630 --> 00:02:49,380 most amazing pilots in the world. 62 00:02:49,380 --> 00:02:51,680 I've flown with an x-15 pilot, I've flown with 63 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,040 shuttle astronauts. 64 00:02:53,420 --> 00:02:54,760 How many people can say that? 65 00:02:55,260 --> 00:02:57,040 I mean it's just incredible, 66 00:02:57,820 --> 00:02:59,820 and I've entrusted them with my life 67 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,740 with my livelihood to bring me home to my children. 68 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,760 From the North Pole to the South Pole 69 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:08,260 and everywhere in between 70 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,940 I've traveled the world documenting NASA's aircraft projects