A civilization that only looks inward will stagnate. We have to keep looking outward; we have to keep finding new avenues for human endeavor and human expression.
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If I wasn't doing this kind of exploration, I'd like to be doing some other kind of exploration. It might be more risky, or less risky, but, in the business of exploration, risk is part of the territory.John L. Phillips
Eventually we want to have six or seven people up there, and as soon as we get a third person up there we can multiply the amount of science up there.
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There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday.
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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.
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We would like to carry out 100 percent, or maybe more, of our scientific program; I would like to devote some of my spare time toward extra scientific work.
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Even with only two people on board, where maintenance is a large piece of our working day, we still have time to do scientific research. We have to be ready to support those Shuttle visits in a lot of different ways.
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