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There's A Tremendously Satisfying Freedom Associated With Weightlessness. It's Challenging In The Absence Of Traction Or Leverage, And It Requires Thoughtful Readjustment. I Found The Experience Of Weightlessness To Be One Of The Most Fun And Enjoyable, Challenging And Rewarding, Experiences Of Spaceflight. Returning To Earth Brings With It A Great Sense Of Heaviness, And A Need For Careful Movement. In Some Ways It's Not Too Different From Returning From A Rocking Ocean Ship.

Timing Has Always Been A Key Element In My Life. I Have Been Blessed To Have Been In The Right Place At The Right Time.

Space Is Not Just Going Up And Coming Back Down Again. Space Is Getting Into Orbit And Being There, Living There, Establishing A Presence, A Permanence.

We Need To Have People Up There Who Can Communicate What It Feels Like, Not Just Pilots And Engineers.

To Me, Money Is A Commodity That A Person Must Have To Function, Not A Goal In Itself.