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" And, actually it was interesting because I had done a lot of traveling in the United States and Canada and Mexico on my motorcycle; and I was really, it was the first time I had really gotten out of the Minnesota area to speak of. "
Interesting
Speak
Time
" And, all these things need to be coordinated; so we all need to work together, have timers going and everything so we're all coordinated and get this piece of orchestration done. "
Together
Work
Done
" And, I was really impressed with how beautiful our country was and how friendly the people were. "
Beautiful
Country
Friendly
" And, I wouldn't consider myself to be a natural pilot; I've had to work at it. "
Consider
Natural
Pilot
" And, obviously as a, as one who likes to travel around myself a lot, I think the Earth is a beautiful place. And, I'm looking forward to some new perspectives. "
Think
Beautiful
Myself
" And, one thing I definitely enjoyed personally, from a selfish point of view, was exploration and going to places that I had never been to before and learning, you know, meeting the people and getting to know, new sights and sounds, etc. "
View
Know
Learning
" And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career. "
Career
Flying
Goals
" And, that's what I truly believe that we're doing when we're advancing scientific knowledge is we're someday making the world better. Not only for our children, but for all people after that. "
Children
Science
People
" And then, when I thought about joining the Air Force, flying seemed like a natural extension of the motorcycling experience. You're going faster, higher. You're operating a machine that's a lot more powerful than you are. "
Powerful
Experience
Flying
" Because when we're in space, my job is primarily getting us there and getting us back. "
Because
Back
Space
" Being in space, I'm really looking forward to working with this team of folks that I'm with. "
Space
Team
Looking
" I consider myself to be very fortunate in my career, my timing has worked out. "
Myself
Out
Timing
" I could do exploration in this particular career field, and it was a goal that, even if I didn't reach it, it was so high it seemed almost impossible, but even if I didn't reach it, I would still have a good time and a very satisfying career. "
Time
Goal
Good
" I had, before I went to college, I had taken a few years off after high school and really had, I guess in those days, I had no intentions of going to college. "
School
High School
Days
" I'm looking forward to coming back, back to Earth, the landing, the views. "
Space
Earth
Looking Forward
" I see it as one of my jobs to make sure that, it sounds ridiculous, but to make sure the folks are eating, make sure folks are getting enough fluids, make sure folks are, you know, comfortable in the orbiter. "
Eating
Enough
I See
" I worked for some very good people who have helped me along the way and actually enabled me to have the opportunity to be selected to join the Astronaut Corps. "
Good
Join
People
" Now, I've never flown in space; but the folks who have say that on landing day, you know, you've just spent maybe a week and a half, sometimes two weeks in orbit and you're used to the things happening slowly in space. "
Say
You
Week
" Now you're coming back to Earth, and things are getting more and more dynamic. "
More
Back
Earth
" One of the jokes on our flight is that, if we have a normal entry day going, the plan is for me... to actually take the orbiter first and fly it for maybe 10 or 15 seconds and then hand it on over to Scooter. "
Me
Normal
Plan
" Rendezvous day is the third day of our mission, and that's a big day for us. "
Our
Us
Mission
" So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things. "
Doing
New Things
New
" So, we have to get up and get pumped up for each day. "
Each
Up
Pumped
" So, whenever Scooter was the Pilot, he never had a chance to fly the orbiter. So, the joke is: I'm going to have a chance to fly it first and hand it over to him. "
Him
Fly
Chance
" That's what Hubble can do for us. It can tell us whether the universe is expanding forever or if one day it's going to come back together. "
Universe
Back
Day
" There's been a tremendous amount of work that's been done that you can't see in Columbia. "
Columbia
You
Work
" Those folks out in the space suits are going to be getting beat up. "
Beat
Out
Space
" Well, for me it really wasn't a case of deciding to be an astronaut. "
Well
Really
Me
" You know, piloting really isn't my hobby. And, it's probably not something I'd do in my spare time if I could do whatever I wanted to do. But, I'll tell you: if you've got to make a living, it's a great way to make a living! "
Living
Know
Time
" You know, Scooter's going to do the first separation burn; I'm going to do the second separation burn. "
Separation
Burn
Going
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