The mental stress shouldn't be underplayed. When you're out there doing the work, you can't help but feel the pressure.
The mental stress shouldn't be underplayed. When you're out there doing the work, you can't help but feel the pressure.
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.
I think one of the big moments for me was the second EVA. Basically it was the last EVA of my career, my flying career, so it was poignant for me to look out in to the black, open space and bid space farewell.
Of course it's exciting to be in space, exciting to look down at the Earth and perform the science experiments and maintenance work.
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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