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The Emotional Build-up And Anticipation If You Travel At Christmas Can Make It Harder To Enjoy A Trip. I Think Sometimes It Is Better To Travel Outside Of Conventional Holiday Times For That Reason.

Success Is Feeling Good About The Work You Do Throughout The Long, Unheralded Journey That May Or May Not Wind Up At The Launch Pad. You Can't View Training Solely As A Stepping Stone To Something Loftier. It's Got To Be An End In Itself.

For The Last Several Years And Culminating In Six Months In Orbit Next Year, I've Been Training For My Third Space Flight. This One Is Almost In A Category Completely Different Than The Previous Two, Specifically To Live In On The Space Station For Six Months, To Command A Space Ship And To Fly A New Rocket Ship.

From Space, The Bahamas Is The Most Beautiful Place On Earth.

Good Leadership Means Leading The Way, Not Hectoring Other People To Do Things Your Way.