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It Took Me A Long Time To Get Selected As An Astronaut. In Fact, I Applied For 20 Years Before I Was Selected.

I Think It's Going To Be A Very Important, Unique Data Set In Terms Of Measuring The Behavior Of Your Lower Body In Space And Trying To Figure Out What We Can Do To Preserve Bone And Muscle Density.

We're Going To Be Focusing Our Science On Things That Will Take Us Farther And Longer Into Space. For Many Of Those Experiments, The Crew Members Are Human Guinea Pigs, Which Is Fine; That's Part Of My Job. I Don't Mind Being A Human Guinea Pig.

My Dad Served In Two Wars Has Been Flying Airplanes For 60 Years Now. He Was Certainly Quite An Inspiration.

There Weren't Any Astronauts Until I Was About 10. Yuri Gagarin Went Into Space Right Around My 10th Birthday.