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"But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth."
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"It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission."


"So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight."


"My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane."


"I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job."


"Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle."


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


"Once you are assigned to a flight, the whole crew is assigned at the same time, and then that crew trains together for a whole year to prepare for that flight."
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