Butch Wilmore
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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No, it's probably a little less than that.
But you're going from relatively zero to 180 knots, 200 miles an hour in 1.8 seconds.
We grew up standard systems.
I'm all standard.
Yeah, I know.
I was just curious.
But, yeah, I mean, operating around a carrier.
I tell you, day to day, if I can only do one profession, naval aviator or flying space.
I'm a naval aviator.
People describe me professionally.
They say he's an astronaut, but I say I'm a naval aviator, if somebody were to ask.
And if I can only do one, I'd operate off aircraft carriers.
That's the most exhilarating.
It's not that.
It's not the exhilaration.
It is exhilarating.
It's not that, though.
I think operating from and training for the pointy end of the spear in defense of your country, projecting power, dissuading evil, there's nothing that matches it.
Not even space flight.
Yep.