By Looking At The Difference

Our Training Pushes Us To Develop A New Set Of Instincts: Instead Of Reacting To Danger With A Fight-or-flight Adrenaline Rush, We're Trained To Respond Unemotionally By Immediately Prioritizing Threats And Methodically Seeking To Defuse Them. We Go From Wanting To Bolt For The Exit To Wanting To Engage And Understand What's Going Wrong, Then Fix It.

The Bahamas Are Gorgeous. The Deep Trench In The Ocean Floor Called The Tongue Of The Ocean, Which Comes Between The Islands, Is The Most Beautiful Deep Indigo Colour.

For The Last Several Years And Culminating In Six Months In Orbit Next Year, I've Been Training For My Third Space Flight. This One Is Almost In A Category Completely Different Than The Previous Two, Specifically To Live In On The Space Station For Six Months, To Command A Space Ship And To Fly A New Rocket Ship.

Competence Means Keeping Your Head In A Crisis, Sticking With A Task Even When It Seems Hopeless, And Improvising Good Solutions To Tough Problems When Every Second Counts. It Encompasses Ingenuity, Determination And Being Prepared For Anything.

Good Leadership Means Leading The Way, Not Hectoring Other People To Do Things Your Way.