Rocket Science Is Tough, And

Once You Are Assigned To A Flight, The Whole Crew Is Assigned At The Same Time, And Then That Crew Trains Together For A Whole Year To Prepare For That Flight.

Rocket Science Is Tough, And Rockets Have A Way Of Failing.

I Didn't Really Decide That I Wanted To Be An Astronaut For Sure Until The End Of College.

It's No Secret That I've Been Reluctant To Use My Name For Things.

When The Space Shuttle's Engines Cut Off, And You're Finally In Space, In Orbit, Weightless... I Remember Unstrapping From My Seat, Floating Over To The Window, And That's When I Got My First View Of Earth. Just A Spectacular View, And A Chance To See Our Planet As A Planet.