Duane G. Carey's Birth Card: The 4 of Clubs

In the record

Duane Gene "Digger" Carey (born April 30, 1957) is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for April 30 is the 4 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 4 of Clubs coordinate

Duane G. Carey's birthday maps to the 4 of Clubs (The Systematic Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a mission and not a verdict on Duane G. Carey. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You put knowledge into an order other people can actually use.

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Duane G. Carey in the public record

He piloted the space shuttle Columbia on March 1, 2002, during a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Carey graduated from Highland Park High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1975. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, and a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1981 and 1982, respectively. Carey received his commission from the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1981 and graduated from Undergraduate Pilot Training in 1983. He flew the A-10A Thunderbolt II during tours at England Air Force Base, Louisiana, and Suwon Air Base, Republic of Korea. He completed F-16 Fighting Falcon training in 1988 and was assigned to Torrejon Air Base, Spain. In 1991, he was selected to attend the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Duane G. Carey (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the Jack of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Duane G. Carey, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Courage to speak difficult truths

Duane Gene "Digger" Carey (born April 30, 1957) is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: colonel.

Also on the record

1. After graduation in 1992, he worked as an F-16 experimental test pilot and System Safety Officer at Edwards.
2. He has logged over 4,300 hours in more than 35 types of aircraft.
3. Carey was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in April 1996.
4. He reported to the NASA Johnson Space Center in August 1996.

Other astronauts with this card

• Bernard A. Harris Jr. — NASA Group 13 · Former · 2 flights
• Carl J. Meade — NASA Group 11 · Former · 3 flights
• Catherine G. Coleman — NASA Group 14 · Former · 3 flights
• Michael J. Smith — NASA Group 9 · Deceased · selected, no flights in the Fact Book table

FAQ

What is Duane G. Carey's birth card?

The 4 of Clubs. April 30 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a spaceflight?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast missions, character, or fate.

Where do Duane G. Carey's dates come from?

Birth date 1957-04-30 is the day-precision date on Duane G. Carey's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 16 · Former · 1 flight), verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only NASA dates and NASA↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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