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- Experience
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Science provides an understanding of a universal experience. Arts provide a universal understanding of a personal experience.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always knew I'd go to space.
- Difference
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The difference between science and the arts is not that they are different sides of the same coin even, or even different parts of the same continuum, but rather, they are manifestations of the same thing. The arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity.
- Perspective
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think science fiction helps us think about possibilities, to speculate - it helps us look at our society from a different perspective. It lets us look at our mores, using science as the backdrop, as the game changer.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a professional dancer for a period of time, and I did a lot of dancing and choreography and got paid for it.
- Being Responsible
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Sometimes people ask me how difficult the astronaut program was, but being in Sierra Leone, being responsible for the health of more than 200 people, seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at age 26 - that prepared me to take on a lot of different challenges.
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I went to school at night in L.A. to brush up on my engineering while I applied to the astronaut program. I really did not know if I would get in. It was the year after the Challenger accident in 1987.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people say they feel very small when they think about space. I felt more expansive, very connected to the universe.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.
- Nov 07, 2020
In space, you need to exercise your heart since it's not pumping blood around at the same rate.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love to go into space again if there were a mission to Mars. I'd also love to go to a completely different planetary system, out of our solar system.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
In fourth grade, I was interested in all areas of science. I particularly loved learning about how the earth was created.
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