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" He's working a lot harder than I am. I tell these people that we really appreciate what they're doing for us. "
Mark Kelly
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Appreciate
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" There's been a lot of discussion about NASA culture and changing that. I think our culture has always been one of trying to do a very difficult job and do it well. "
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Job
Always
Culture
" Well, I have an undergraduate degree, a couple of bachelor's degrees, from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. "
Mark Kelly
Bachelor
Couple
Degree
" A trip to space is a big motivator to give up some things in your personal life. Obviously, you can't give up everything and you don't want to. "
Mark Kelly
Personal
Space
Trip
" Later, after flying in the Navy for four or five years, spending some time on an aircraft carrier, I applied to and was accepted in a program where I went to graduate school first and then to the Naval Test Pilots School. "
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School
Years
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" Having the benefit to our society, not only here in the United States but throughout the world with the amount of invention you get from having a space program, is well worth the risk that an individual like myself has to take by flying in the vehicle. "
Mark Kelly
Space
Flying
World
" It's important to bring things back from the Space Station because, unlike somebody living at the house where the garbage truck comes by twice a week, they don't have that in space. "
Mark Kelly
Important
Space
Truck
" The first two missions have some test objectives, some new capabilities that we're going to try to develop on orbit to possibly be used on later flights. "
Mark Kelly
First
Try
Two
" We're doing a lot of inspection on the leading edge of our wing on 114 and 121, the first two flights. "
Mark Kelly
First
Our
Two
" There's a lot of interest there in the missions that I fly on and the ones my brother's involved with. "
Mark Kelly
Lot
Interest
Brother
" You look at it as a privilege. So you really decide that you're going to put the time in and work really hard to get to the point where you're ready. "
Mark Kelly
Ready
Look
Privilege
" I think I was very interested in the space program as a kid, watching the first Apollo missions to the moon, and it's something I thought that would be a lot of, of fun and exciting and a very worthwhile job. "
Mark Kelly
Thought
Space
Moon
" Well, right now we're so busy that I kind of had to put all the hobbies on hold. But I like going camping with my kids. I have two daughters; they're 7 and 10 years old. "
Mark Kelly
Right
Two
Old
" After the loss of Columbia a couple of years ago, I think we were reminded of the risk. All of us, though, have always known that the Space Shuttle is a very risky vehicle, much more risky than even flying airplanes in combat. "
Mark Kelly
Space
Risk
Loss
" There are a lot of dedicated people out there that don't get the recognition that we get, but they're as important as the people that are sitting in the vehicle. "
Mark Kelly
Recognition
People
Important
" My family deals with those risks. The best I can do is talk to them about some of those risks. I'm not incredibly specific with them, especially with my kids. "
Mark Kelly
Talk
Risks
Family
" I personally believe this Agency has always been very dedicated and has always worked as hard as it possibly can to do things as safely and as effectively as possible. "
Mark Kelly
Believe
Possible
Hard
" I'll be helping them getting suited up, getting them in the airlock, getting the airlock prepared, and getting them out the hatch, and then talking them through these three spacewalks. "
Mark Kelly
Talking
Three
Through
" Three of us will help the other two get suited up, get them in the hatch, and get them out the door. "
Mark Kelly
Will
Us
Door