Hello From Above Our Magnificent Planet Earth.

The Microgravity Or The Very, Very Low Amount Of Gravity That We Have Up In Space Forces Some Changes In Different Processes. It Forces Changes In Us As Human Beings.

Other Than Motherhood, The Eight Years That I Spent At The University Of Wisconsin, Madison, I Have Incredibly Fond Memories Of. It's A Beautiful Place, With Four Seasons Up In Wisconsin. And Really Wonderful People.

Things Are Going Very Smoothly. As Expected, There Are Some Minor Glitches, And The Eight Minutes That It Took Us To Get To Orbit, We Trained Months And Months For, And Didn't Have To Use Any Of That Preparation, Other Than Being Aware And Ready.

The Navy's Paid For You To Go Through School, And Then They Need Doctors To Go Out And Take Care Of People Who Are In Various Different Parts Of The World. I Decided To Pay Back My Time First As An Undersea Medical Officer. I Was Stationed In Scotland.

Some Things Are Only Capable Of Being Done In Space. Examples Of That Are Looking At Our Earth From That Far Away, And Understanding The Entire Processes Of Storms And Weather Patterns, And Oceans, And Coastlines.