One hundred years ago, airline flight was reserved for only a few brave souls. Everyone flies (on planes) nowadays. The same will be true of space flight. |
scientific investigator of the International Space Station. |
the joy of being in space, weightlessness and so on. |
The Russians recently extended the seat. I just fit in, |
This is a dream come true. Just to look out and see the Earth from about 230 miles up is just great. |
To me, yes, it's worth the money. |
Tourist doesn't do justice to all the work I've put in, or the work that the people at the Gagarin center (outside Moscow) put in preparing us. |
We did antigravity training in weightless chambers, tested for space suit leaks. We spent nearly six hours a day at a time inside the shuttle, training. |
Who wouldn't want to go to the moon? |
Who wouldn't want to go to the moon? I'm really interested, but one flight at a time. |