Whenever I Do Get To Look Out,

It's Such A Long Mission And We Get To Spend So Much Time In Space... We're Doing Such Exciting Research. And I Don't Want To Overemphasize The Life Science Research, But As A Physician The Life Science Research That We're Doing Is Extremely Exciting.

This Has Been A Great Experience For Me. The First Couple Of Days You Don't Always Feel Too Well. You Adjust To The Fluid Shifting, How To Fly Through Space Without Hitting Things Or Anybody Else. But Then You Get In A Groove.

I Can't Think Of Anything Specific Growing Up That Pointed Me Toward Nasa At All. I Was Interested In The Moon Landings Just About The Same As Everyone Else Of My Generation. But I Never Really Thought About Being An Astronaut Or Working In Space Myself.

Everyone That I've Talked To Who's Been To Space Has Thoroughly Enjoyed The Experience, And What You Often Hear Them Say Is: It Was Great, But We Just Had To Come Home.

Certainly My Parents Were A Huge Influence. They Always Expected The Most Out Of All Of Us. And Expected Us To Do Our Very Best. I'm Thankful To Them For Allowing Me To Do What I Wanted To Do.