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" But a lot of that kind of work is done pre-flight, coordinating efforts with the flight directors and the ground teams, and figuring out how you're going to operate together. "
Work
Kind
Done
" Coming down under a parachute is quite different as well. You hit the ground pretty hard, but all the systems work very well to keep it from hurting, so it doesn't even hurt when you hit. It was a great experience to be able to do both. "
Great
You
Experience
" I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting for their first missions, and so my role really should be to step aside and help them prepare for their missions, rather than to try to get another mission. "
Long
Step
Waiting
" I hope that China will continue with space exploration. It would be logical to have international co-operation. I hope that it will come about and that I can be involved in it. "
Exploration
I Can
Space
" I loved flying as much as I thought I would and continue to fly aircraft. "
Flying
Fly
Loved
" I'm Chinese-American, of course, and so it's very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following the United States and Russia, to do so. "
Nation
Interesting
Own
" I spent a lot of my time working in the American module, and he would stay in the Russian segment working on his things, and we'd meet up at meal times. So it actually worked out very well. "
Meet
Time
Up
" I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all of us. It makes us a little bit more competitive and wanting to be the leader. "
Think
Leader
Now
" I would say keep supporting space flight, keep telling the public and the politicians why it's important to advance science and explore the galaxy. I encourage the Japanese to keep doing what they're doing. "
Doing
Important
Science
" Of course, you'll have to meet the physical and psychological demands. A space walk takes a lot of energy. "
Meet
Energy
Walk
" One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space. "
Day
Will
Space
" One of my challenges was to try to photograph the Great Wall of China. And I did actually take some photos, but it was hard to discern the wall with the naked eye. "
Challenges
Try
Naked
" Our task was doing maintenance and repairs to keep the station in a good state for the return of the shuttle flights and resumption of major ISS construction. "
Doing
Good
Return
" The most interesting thing was looking out the window and taking photographs of different places on Earth. "
Window
Out
Looking
" There is no one area of chemical engineering that specifically helped me in my career as an astronaut, it was more the general education in engineering. Also, it was a very difficult and rigorous course. So, it made me strong and resourceful. "
Engineering
Education
Me
" There were different challenges along the way. Certainly the food shortage was unpleasant. "
Different
Food
Way
" Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature. "
Need
I Am
Space
" Well, it's still a bit uncertain, but I will do the consulting, and I'll see how I can contribute. But I'm sure whatever I do will involve the space program. That's where my passion is. "
Well
I Can
Passion
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