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>> SO I JUST STARTED APPLYING

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ONCE I WAS OLD ENOUGH.

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ACTUALLY, BEFORE I WAS

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OLD ENOUGH.

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THE FIRST TIME I APPLIED

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I DIDN'T MEET THE BASIC

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QUALIFICATIONS, SO I GOT

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BOOTED OUT PRETTY QUICKLY.

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I'M FROM SUGAR LAND, TEXAS.

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I CURRENTLY LIVE UP IN

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WOODS HOLE, MASSACHUSETTS

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ON CAPE COD WHERE I WORK AT

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WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC

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INSTITUTION AS

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A RESEARCH ENGINEER.

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I ENGINEER AND OPERATE

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UNDERWATER VEHICLES, FOCUSED

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ON SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION.

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I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO

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HAVE WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT

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SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID,

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AND I THINK THAT CAME FROM

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AN EARLY OBSESSION WITH FLYING.

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LIKE ANYTHING FLYING--

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BIRDS, AIRPLANES, ROCKETS.

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AND THEN ALSO,

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THE OPPORTUNITY OF GETTING

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TO DO SOME EXPERIMENTS WHEN

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I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE, SO

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WE GOT TO FLY TOMATO PLANTS

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IN SPACE.

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SINCE I GREW UP IN HOUSTON,

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I GOT TO GO TO JOHNSON

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SPACE CENTER ALL THE TIME,

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AND I THINK ALL OF THOSE EARLY

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EXPERIENCES ARE WHAT KIND OF

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PUSHED ME IN THAT DIRECTION.

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I WAS AT HOME AND I HAD JUST

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EATEN LUNCH AND I WAS

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SITTING THERE KIND OF STARING

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OUT THE WINDOW THINKING--

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WONDERING I IF I WANTED

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DESSERT OR NOT, AND THEN

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MY PHONE RANG

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AND I PICKED IT UP.

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AND IT WAS BK, AND HE WAS

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THERE WITH CHRIS CASSIDY

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AND ANNE ROEMER, AND

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THEY ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO

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COME DOWN TO HOUSTON

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TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.

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AND I THINK I WAITED LIKE

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A MINUTE AND THEN SAID, "WOW!"

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AND I WAS JUST KIND OF

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IN SHOCK, AND

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IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

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AND THEN I GOT OFF THE PHONE

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AND I CALLED MY FAMILY

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AND WE WERE ALL JUST SAYING,

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"OH, IS THIS

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"ACTUALLY HAPPENING?

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"THIS IS CRAZY."

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I PICKED AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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BECAUSE I LOVE FLYING AND

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AIRPLANES, AND IT WAS JUST

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KIND OF A NO-BRAINER FOR ME.

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I STARTED FLYING AIRPLANES

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WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

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AND MY DAD'S A GEOLOGIST,

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AND MY SISTER'S A GEOLOGIST,

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AND MY MOM WAS A MEDICAL

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TECHNICIAN, AND SO IT WAS--

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I GREW UP IN A SCIENCY FAMILY

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AND I JUST KIND OF NEVER REALLY

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CONSIDERED ANYTHING ELSE.

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ALTHOUGH, I DID CONSIDER

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ART SCHOOL FOR A LITTLE BIT,

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I GUESS.

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I GUESS WHAT MY ADVICE

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TO MY YOUNGER SELF WOULD BE

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WOULD BE JUST TO KIND OF

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ENJOY THE WHOLE JOURNEY OF

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GROWING UP AND FIGURING OUT

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WHAT IT IS THAT YOU LIKE TO DO,

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AND EXPLORING ALL DIFFERENT

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KINDS OF THINGS

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AS YOU'RE GROWING UP.

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AND ALSO, TO TRAVEL

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AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.

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