The Food Isn't Too Bad.

The Space Shuttle Is A Better And Safer Rocket Than It Was Before The Challenger Accident.

Science Is Fun. Science Is Curiosity. We All Have Natural Curiosity. Science Is A Process Of Investigating. It's Posing Questions And Coming Up With A Method. It's Delving In.

It's Too Bad Our Society Isn't Further Along.

I Think Eventually Private Enterprise Will Be Able To Send People Into Orbit, But I Suspect Initially It's Going To Have To Be With Nasa's Help.

Anything From Making A Mistake On An Experiment That Would Ruin Some Scientist On Earth's Experiment - Career, Potentially - To Doing Something Wrong With The Satellite That A Country Was Depending On For Its Communications, To Making Some Mistake That Could Actually Cost You And The Crew Either A Mission Or Your Lives. So There Is A Lot Of Pressure That's Put On Every Astronaut To Just Make Sure That He Or She Understands Exactly What To Do, Exactly When To Do It, And Is Trained And Prepared To Carry It Out.