Andre Douglas

So that's been kind of my calling to serve with them and currently in the reserve and did active duty before.

But yeah.

It blends well into NASA, right?

We're serving humanity.

We're serving the public.

And it makes it that much easier to do as we're doing that job day to day.

And it's an honor to be here, just like Frank said.

But the service makes a big part of it, you know, come easier and just honored to be here.

Yeah, so I think being with Artemis II was very, very special because before I got assigned, I was actually getting very involved with the architecture, understanding the rovers, the suits, understanding the potential habitat, either orbiting or on the surface of the moon, and understanding that this is a massive organization with a lot of different players.

As I was going through the astronaut candidate training program, I just focused on my T-38, my flying, my diving, the little tactical things that would make me a good operator.

But having context of this is a big machine, and it's going to take a lot of people to do hard things.

And to see Artemis II go off and it to go well was awesome.

But knowing behind the scenes all of that stuff that comes together, it's impressive.

So having that perspective coming into practice,

this crew and this mission, it helps to just have that context so I can know where to focus and, you know, contribute the best that I can seeing how things at the end of the previous flow went, where I could have made changes and additions early, like I can do that now.

And I can help the crew and everybody see certain things.

And so I'm just happy to bring that to the table.

And it's just a nice vantage point to have in the past.

Yeah, I think that's a really good question.

And sometimes I think that's different than what you've done in the past.