The Most Anxious Time Was During Launch,

The Rockets Light! The Shuttle Leaps Off The Launch Pad In A Cloud Of Steam And A Trail Of Fire.

Eventually Private Enterprise Will Be Able To Send People Into Orbit, But I Suspect Initially It's Going To Have To Be With Nasa's Help. Whether It's Going To Be A Consortium Or One Entity Remains To Be Seen. I Could Be Wrong. I Could Be One Of The Old Fogies! Rocket Science Is Tough, And Rockets Have A Way Of Failing. It Happens. A Company Has To Be Willing To Bear The Risk Of Its Rocket Failing. It's A Very Large Capital Investment.

Once You Are Assigned To A Flight, The Whole Crew Is Assigned At The Same Time, And Then That Crew Trains Together For A Whole Year To Prepare For That Flight.

I Was Always Very Interested In Science, And I Knew That For Me, Science Was A Better Long-term Career Than Tennis.

Everywhere I Go I Meet Girls And Boys Who Want To Be Astronauts And Explore Space, Or They Love The Ocean And Want To Be Oceanographers, Or They Love Animals And Want To Be Zoologists, Or They Love Designing Things And Want To Be Engineers. I Want To See Those Same Stars In Their Eyes In 10 Years And Know They Are On Their Way!