Everyone That I've Talked To Who's Been

Life Science Research Can Be Done On Multiple Platforms. Since We Have A Very Small Number Of People Flying Into Space, The More People You Have, The Better.

I Can't Think Of Anything Specific Growing Up That Pointed Me Toward Nasa At All. I Was Interested In The Moon Landings Just About The Same As Everyone Else Of My Generation. But I Never Really Thought About Being An Astronaut Or Working In Space Myself.

It's Such A Long Mission And We Get To Spend So Much Time In Space... We're Doing Such Exciting Research. And I Don't Want To Overemphasize The Life Science Research, But As A Physician The Life Science Research That We're Doing Is Extremely Exciting.

We're Looking At Earth Science, Observing Our Planet. Also Space Science, Looking At The Ozone In The Atmosphere Around Our Earth. Also Looking At Life Science. And On A Human Level, Using Ourselves As Test Subjects.

Some Things Are Only Capable Of Being Done In Space. Examples Of That Are Looking At Our Earth From That Far Away, And Understanding The Entire Processes Of Storms And Weather Patterns, And Oceans, And Coastlines.