My parents always tried to teach us the best of both, the Chinese ethic of hard work and education and the American ethic of innovation of aspiration.
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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.Leroy Chiao
One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space.
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I hope that China will continue with space exploration. It would be logical to have international co-operation. I hope that it will come about and that I can be involved in it.
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I spent a lot of my time working in the American module, and he would stay in the Russian segment working on his things, and we'd meet up at meal times. So it actually worked out very well.
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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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But it's also a lot of hard work, and it's a long time to be away from your family and friends. So I had a lot of different feelings.
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