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"NASA has to approve whatever we wear, so there are clothes to choose from, like space shorts - we wear those a lot - and NASA T-shirts."
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"Become aware of the physical distance and spatial orientation that you experience while in the company of others. Being empathetic and sensitive to a person's physical comfort zone can have a huge effect on the way in which you are received and perceived."

"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!"

"Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian."

"It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad."

"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."

"Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space."

"On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot."
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"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot."

"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."

"It's easy to sleep floating around - it's very comfortable. But you have to be careful that you don't float into somebody or something!"
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