330: Scott Tingle--I'd Go in a Heartbeat

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 4 July 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Astronaut and combat veteran Captain Scott Tingle, a.k.a. "Maker," explains how he turned his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut into a reality. He provides a harrowing blow-by-blow account of what it’s like to fly an 8-hour combat mission and land on an aircraft carrier at night, as well as how to poop in space.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's the way I heard at episode number 330. This one's called I'd Go and a
0:08.4	heartbeat with Scott Tingle. For the record that's a direct quote from Scott Tingle in answer to the question
0:15.9	would you go to Mars? Scott Tingle's an astronaut you see and a pretty good one Chuck and I have
0:21.9	to say without patting ourselves too hard on the back we've done it again that was a good one
0:27.0	I believe you are right Mike
0:30.0	Captain Scott Tingle couldn't be a nicer guy. I mean really just a really down to earth guy pun intended and
0:37.6	You know his military career is stellar and his career with NASA you know know, he flew FAA teens, he flew Hornets, 54 combat
0:47.4	missions, 168 days in space. Am I leaving anything out?
0:52.0	Yeah, the most important thing.
0:55.0	Five years ago, when NASA gave him an opportunity to call anybody on the planet from the space station.
1:04.0	You get one call a month to anybody in the world.
1:08.6	Scott Tingle said, I want to talk to the dirty jobs guy.
1:15.5	And I was like, really? An astronaut wants to talk to me from space.
1:18.2	So NASA sends me this encrypted iPad, right?
1:24.7	With a special app on it.
1:26.6	And you guys at the office send it to me.
1:29.5	I was down in New Orleans filming something
1:31.9	or giving a speech or something.
1:33.2	Right.
1:34.2	And I'm like, what in the hell is this?
1:36.2	I go to my room and I open up this container and I take out this super secret special
1:42.3	high-tech iPad and I started clicking things in and the next
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