And, obviously as a as one who likes to travel around myself a lot, I think the Earth is a beautiful place. And, I'm looking forward to some new perspectives.

— Duane G. Carey

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.

— Duane G. Carey

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.

— Duane G. Carey

I'm looking forward to coming back, back to Earth, the landing, the views.

— Duane G. Carey

So, whenever Scooter was the Pilot, he never had a chance to fly the orbiter. So, the joke is: I'm going to have a chance to fly it first and hand it over to him.

— Duane G. Carey

That's what Hubble can do for us. It can tell us whether the universe is expanding forever or if one day it's going to come back together.

— Duane G. Carey

Those folks out in the space suits are going to be getting beat up.

— Duane G. Carey