The Rockets Light! The Shuttle Leaps Off

I Didn't Really Decide That I Wanted To Be An Astronaut For Sure Until The End Of College.

Astronauts Will Remain The Explorers, The Pioneers-the First To Go Back To Moon And On To Mars. But I Think It's Really Important To Make Space Space Available To As Many People As We Can. It's Going To Be A While Before We Can Launch People For Less Than $20 Million A Ticket. But That Day Is Coming.

When The Space Shuttle's Engines Cut Off, And You're Finally In Space, In Orbit, Weightless... I Remember Unstrapping From My Seat, Floating Over To The Window, And That's When I Got My First View Of Earth. Just A Spectacular View, And A Chance To See Our Planet As A Planet.

I Felt Very Honored, And I Knew That People Would Be Watching Very Closely, And I Felt It Was Very, Very Important That I Do A Good Job.

I Did Not Come To Nasa To Make History.