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"Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space."
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"Some facts have been explored at deeper level others not... but still there will come one question probably you will thought that what you see outside of the Earth I mean in the space... that's all... but unfortunately, it's not all there is more and more out there!"

"You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place."

"Proxemics is the study of human use of space and the effects that population density has on behavior, social interaction, and communication. Imagine invisible bubbles around every person that provides each of us with comfort zones for social engagement and interaction."

"Canada has made a strong commitment as a partner in the International Space Station and, like the other partners, wishes to see the assembly of this unique orbiting laboratory continue."

"We felt it was very important for an entity like CCTV to make its presence felt... To generate a space and to define a space, that is the main thing."

"It's a whole other ball game and I am glad that I fit into that space where, whatever it is that you want to do and you are doing as long as you are happy with it, then you know What the Heck!"

"What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone."

"The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it's going to become multiplanetary, or it's going to remain confined to one planet and eventually there's going to be an extinction event."
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"Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle."

"The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class - my class had 29 men and 6 women - those men were all very used to working with women."

"I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science."

"So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do."

"Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom."

"I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis."

"Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same."
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