1 00:00:05,990 --> 00:00:04,710 when i was a kid coding was terrifying i 2 00:00:08,549 --> 00:00:06,000 wasn't really sure i could be an 3 00:00:10,549 --> 00:00:08,559 engineer i think it's the idea of being 4 00:00:12,629 --> 00:00:10,559 an explorer and doing something new 5 00:00:14,789 --> 00:00:12,639 right but what we're doing no one has 6 00:00:17,109 --> 00:00:14,799 ever done before we're pushing the 7 00:00:19,429 --> 00:00:17,119 boundaries of exploration 8 00:00:21,590 --> 00:00:19,439 i get to talk to a spacecraft on mars 9 00:00:23,990 --> 00:00:21,600 every single day all that information is 10 00:00:26,630 --> 00:00:24,000 really important to send other missions 11 00:00:28,470 --> 00:00:26,640 to mars but also eventually send humans 12 00:00:30,470 --> 00:00:28,480 being a nasa engineer doesn't mean that 13 00:00:31,429 --> 00:00:30,480 you have to be a math nerd with glasses 14 00:00:35,110 --> 00:00:31,439 on 15 00:00:36,709 --> 00:00:35,120 something right i am not your typical 16 00:00:39,110 --> 00:00:36,719 engineer i don't look like anyone in 17 00:00:41,990 --> 00:00:39,120 apollo 13 and yet i'm here and that's 18 00:00:44,069 --> 00:00:42,000 because i pushed forward and ignored the