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"It's important to bring things back from the Space Station because, unlike somebody living at the house where the garbage truck comes by twice a week, they don't have that in space."
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"There's a lot of interest there in the missions that I fly on and the ones my brother's involved with."
"My family deals with those risks. The best I can do is talk to them about some of those risks. I'm not incredibly specific with them, especially with my kids."
"A trip to space is a big motivator to give up some things in your personal life. Obviously, you can't give up everything and you don't want to."
"There are a lot of dedicated people out there that don't get the recognition that we get, but they're as important as the people that are sitting in the vehicle."
"I think I was very interested in the space program as a kid, watching the first Apollo missions to the moon, and it's something I thought that would be a lot of, of fun and exciting and a very worthwhile job."
"You look at it as a privilege. So you really decide that you're going to put the time in and work really hard to get to the point where you're ready."
"Having the benefit to our society, not only here in the United States but throughout the world with the amount of invention you get from having a space program, is well worth the risk that an individual like myself has to take by flying in the vehicle."
"Three of us will help the other two get suited up, get them in the hatch, and get them out the door."
"After the loss of Columbia a couple of years ago, I think we were reminded of the risk. All of us, though, have always known that the Space Shuttle is a very risky vehicle, much more risky than even flying airplanes in combat."
"Well, right now we're so busy that I kind of had to put all the hobbies on hold. But I like going camping with my kids. I have two daughters; they're 7 and 10 years old."
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