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"I have a computer screen near my seat where I monitor the overall health of the vehicle and pick up any problems that might be occurring early on or once we see any kind of a malfunction or anything unusual that's happening, we can look at the data and figure out what that is."
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"Worry is a progressive disease that ruins one's life."
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"Exercise feels best after it is finished."
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"It has been known for many years that a subset of the population cannot tolerate the radiation emitted by transmitting utility meters and sickness results in these people."
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"Distress is a disease of the mind."
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"Health and happiness are interconnected."
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"Bitterness is the cancer of bones."
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"Living in filth is dark doom. The light of awaken leads to cleanliness."
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"Overwork can cause a break down."
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"An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate."
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"Every time you work out you strengthen your body. Every time you don't you weaken it."
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"Some things are only capable of being done in space. Examples of that are looking at our Earth from that far away, and understanding the entire processes of storms and weather patterns, and oceans, and coastlines."
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"There's a lot of different things that we do during life that could personally harm us and I choose not to stop doing those things."
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"I can't think of anything that's as exciting as I'm sure this mission will be, and actually being in space. But, we did some training as a crew together."
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"As a physician, I understand how important it is to collect data on people so we can understand what's happening with them. I will be in the position to help enable that knowledge."
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"We're looking at Earth science, observing our planet. Also space science, looking at the ozone in the atmosphere around our Earth. Also looking at life science. And on a human level, using ourselves as test subjects."
Life

"It's such a long mission and we get to spend so much time in space... we're doing such exciting research. And I don't want to overemphasize the life science research, but as a physician the life science research that we're doing is extremely exciting."
Life

"I've always enjoyed traveling and having experience with different cultures and different people. But it's also a wonderful thing to be able to benefit and enable research, not only in our country but around the world."
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"This has been a great experience for me. The first couple of days you don't always feel too well. You adjust to the fluid shifting, how to fly through space without hitting things or anybody else. But then you get in a groove."
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"I can't think of anything specific growing up that pointed me toward NASA at all. I was interested in the Moon landings just about the same as everyone else of my generation. But I never really thought about being an astronaut or working in space myself."
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"Other than motherhood, the eight years that I spent at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, I have incredibly fond memories of. It's a beautiful place, with four seasons up in Wisconsin. And really wonderful people."
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