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Bob put a big board in his office. He had all the shuttle flights lined up and certain people’s names would be penciled in next to them, reid (Wiseman) did something similar. He was more of an open book. He would tell people what he was thinking.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
The weather, of course. The rain, the sun, the wind, and then I miss people... that are important to you, you know, your family, your friends.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I learned a lot from being an astronaut. I learned a lot from being a pilot in the Navy, but what I learned from Gabby Giffords is how you use policy to improve people's lives.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The return was much worse than the adaptation of getting up there, especially for the year flight, i felt like I had the flu after the first few days. I was tired for really long time.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The telomeres are the things that are in our chromosomes that are indications of our physical age, so as we age, they get shorter – mine got longer in space, so it was a little bit like the fountain of youth – unfortunately when I got back down to Earth they went back down to where they were.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I think that we have the technology, we have the smarts, we don’t always have the support, which means, really, the bottom line is the money, it’s going to be expensive, but I think it’s going to be well worth it - I think there are things that we get out of the space program that we can’t get anywhere else.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
A lot of people think [that] to be a scientist you have to be a genius – I am here to tell you that that is not the case, i was not a genius growing up – I was the kid that couldn’t do his homework, but I found this inspiration – 18 years later I was flying in space.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
This study shows that, despite overall interest in science, there are still people out there that have challenging views.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I don't think I would ever say I'm absolutely 100% done because I think there's a lot of exciting possibilities out there, maybe in the commercial aspect, certainly, they might need a guy like me someday.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Scott's contributions to NASA are too many to name, in his year aboard the space station, he took part in experiments that will have far-reaching effects, helping us pave the way to putting humans on Mars and benefiting life on Earth.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
This year-in-space mission was a profound challenge for all involved, and it gave me a unique perspective and a lot of time to reflect on what my next step should be on our continued journey to help further our capabilities in space and on Earth.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Records are meant to be broken, i am looking forward to when these records in space are surpassed.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If you're going to Mars in a smaller vehicle than the space station and living practically on top of one another, having that space that (the astronauts) spend so much time in is very, very important, you have to make it as perfect as you can, including the environment, air temperature, interfacing with the system, communication, entertainment and noise abatement because you're sleeping, living, exercising and eating right next to each other.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
This was something we could share together and it made the experience more rewarding, rather than just our conversations on a daily basis.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I never felt completely normal up there, but coming back to gravity is harder than leaving gravity.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I will never be done with space, I will always be involved, i think everyone should be able to go to space. It depends on the person and what experience they would want. It would be great to have a variety of ways to get to space or near space for the view. Maybe in the next 20 years, you can buy a cheap ticket for a little visit.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Adjusting to space is easier than adjusting Earth for me, i never felt completely normal up there, but coming back to gravity is harder than leaving gravity.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
Going to Mars is doable, we're close enough that if we make the choice, I think we can do it.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
It's great to be back in Texas, on U.S soil ... on planet Earth, this is not my achievement. It's NASA's achievement and it's our country's achievement. ... There's no greater privilege than serving your country however and wherever you might do it.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
I can’t say that it was a relief, leaving the space station was bittersweet – I had been there for a long time and looked forward to leaving, but it is a remarkable place.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The cold air was amazing, there’s nothing like cold air coming into the capsule.
Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It is a harsh environment. For instance, having no running water, it’s like I’ve been in the woods camping for a year.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I’ve tried to do this … with a deliberate pace, looking not really at the end, but at the next milestone, i could go another 100 days; I could go another year if I had to.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Physically, I feel pretty good, even though I really look forward to going home, it’s not like I’m climbing the walls.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think that would be too late, you know, I think if we’re going to Mars, and we were growing stuff, we would be responsible for deciding when the stuff needed water. Kind of like in my backyard, I look at it and say ‘ Oh, maybe I should water the grass today. ’ I think this is how this should be handled.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We should be OK, the program plans for these kinds of things to happen. They're very unfortunate when they do.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
To have this unique opportunity to be the first American to do this -- and I do feel grateful and feel like I am in a privileged position -- even though you know it's going to be a tough flight being in space for that long.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It’s a long time, you know, it really is, a year of doing anything is a really long time.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
My hope is that we discover that the mitigation steps that we came up with for the bone and muscle loss are effective and they work, the vision problem we have is much different. I mean we really don't understand why that's happening.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I suspect we're going to learn a lot about our physiology and how longer-duration space flights affects it, and hopefully ways to mitigate those effects.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Technology has developed significantly since the Russians had the last crewmembers spend that amount of time in space, the types of imaging capability, between MRIs and CAT scans, ultrasound and probably all ways that we collect data, it has gotten better since this was done the last time.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
He thinks it's great that he can still be a participant in this.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
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