engineering degree, a graduate engineering degree, a good job at a premier research facility at lawrence livermore labit, damian, i said, "this is not a bad consolation prize." so the getting assigned as an astronaut from nasa was the cherry on top of the whole cake. damian: a chicano rocket scientist. that really is incredible. we had andres martinez in our previous segment from nasa, and what he's doing is he's going out and talking to kids and taking space to kids virtually; the rotation around the moon looking for water, the mars landing, and whatnot. talk about the importance of gettin doing what you did. josé: well, it's very important, damian, because, you know, you look at the--a crosscut of our country and you have a lot of diversity. you know, almost one in four folks have latino blood in them. and what really thrusts a country forward is technology and innovation. that's what keeps them competitive on and if we are to remain competitive, we need to engage every segment of society, including our latino brothers and sisters. there's the chavalitos. since they're small, get them interested in