I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting for their first missions, and so my role really should be to step aside and help them prepare for their missions, rather than to try to get another mission.
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But a lot of that kind of work is done pre-flight, coordinating efforts with the flight directors and the ground teams, and figuring out how you're going to operate together.Leroy Chiao
I loved flying as much as I thought I would and continue to fly aircraft.
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As commander I was responsible for the overall success of the mission, and so I had to know at least a little bit about everything.
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I'm Chinese-American, of course, and so it's very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following the United States and Russia, to do so.
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Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature.
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Well, it's still a bit uncertain, but I will do the consulting, and I'll see how I can contribute. But I'm sure whatever I do will involve the space program. That's where my passion is.
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