I Wasn’t Destined To Be

Do Your Homework In Advance About The Actual Travel Details So Transportation Issues Do Not Define Your Holiday.

In All Of The Movie Portrayals, A Spacewalking Suit Seems Sort Of Insignificant, Like A Pair Of Shorts And A T-shirt. No One Thinks Much About It. But It's A Spaceship, Not A Spacesuit, An Entire Life-support Mechanism That's Incredibly Complex And Cumbersome. It's Very Difficult To Put On And Off. You Have To Run It The Whole Time You Are Wearing It, And It Redefines How You Move. It's Like If You Put On A Wetsuit And A Snowmobile Suit And Froze Yourself Solid And Then Tried To Go And Do Work.

Doing A Space Walk. It Is One Of The Most Rare Human Experiences. To Leave Your Spaceship And Go Outside, So That You Are Alone In The Universe With Earth Distant And The Universe Around You. That Is Amazing.

People Tend To Think Astronauts Have The Courage Of A Superhero - Or Maybe The Emotional Range Of A Robot. But In Order To Stay Calm In A High-stress, High-stakes Situation, All You Really Need Is Knowledge. Sure, You Might Still Feel A Little Nervous Or Stressed Or Hyper-alert. But What You Won't Feel Is Terrified.

I Wasn’t Destined To Be An Astronaut. I Had To Turn Myself Into One.