There Is A Sunrise Or A Sunset

The Rough And Ready Improvisational Quality To Life On Board The International Space Station Is Reminiscent Of A Long Trip In A Sailboat: Privacy And Fresh Produce Are In Short Supply, Hygiene Is Basic, And A Fair Amount Of The Crew's Time Is Spent Just On Maintaining And Repairing The Craft.

Competence Means Keeping Your Head In A Crisis, Sticking With A Task Even When It Seems Hopeless, And Improvising Good Solutions To Tough Problems When Every Second Counts. It Encompasses Ingenuity, Determination And Being Prepared For Anything.

I Guarantee If You Walk Into 100 Spider Webs, You Will Have Changed Your Fundamental Human Behavior. And You Can Apply This To Anything, And Figure Out A Way To Reprogram Yourself, To Change Your Primal Fear.

So Without That Canadian Invention We Were Grounded. And So That Was A Really Important And Key Part Of The Mission And Canadians Should Take Real Pride In It.

It's Almost Comical That Astronauts Are Stereotyped As Daredevils And Cowboys. As A Rule, We're Highly Methodical And Detail-oriented. Our Passion Isn't For Thrills But For The Grindstone, And Pressing Our Noses To It.