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>> HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT

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TRAVELING FARTHER THAN

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ANY HUMAN HAS EVER GONE BEFORE?

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>> I MEAN, ISN'T THAT

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WHY WE SIGNED UP?

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I'M STOKED ABOUT IT.

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I GREW UP IN BALDWIN, NEW YORK.

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SO BETWEEN MY JUNIOR AND

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SENIOR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL

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I WENT TO OFFICER CANDIDATE

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SCHOOL FOR 10 WEEKS,

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AND THEN AFTER GRADUATING FROM

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COLLEGE I COMMISSIONED

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AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT

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IN THE UNITED STATES

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MARINE CORPS.

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SINCE I WAS A KID, I HAD

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WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.

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IN SIXTH GRADE

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I DID A BOOK REPORT ON

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VALENTINA TERESHKOVA,

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THE FIRST FEMALE IN SPACE.

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AND WE HAD TO DRESS UP

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LIKE THE PERSON WE DID

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THE BOOK REPORT ON AND SO

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MY MOM HELPED ME MAKE

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A LITTLE SPACESUIT.

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SO JUST KIND OF HAS ALWAYS

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BEEN IN THE BACKGROUND

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SOMETHING I'VE WANTED TO DO

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THAT'S SOMEWHAT DRIVEN

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MY PATH IN LIFE.

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I HAD JUST TAKEN A RED-EYE

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FLIGHT OUT TO NORTH CAROLINA

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FOR MY GOOD FRIEND'S WEDDING

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AND HADN'T GOTTEN ANY SLEEP

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ON THE FLIGHT.

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GOT TO THE HOTEL ROOM,

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LUCKILY THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH

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TO LET ME CHECK-IN EARLY.

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AND I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE

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THE HOTEL ROOM DOOR, I HAD

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MY SUITCASE, MY BACKPACK,

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MY UNIFORM BAG AND MY SWORD,

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BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO BE

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IN THE SWORD ARTS.

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SO MY HANDS WERE FULL,

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TRYING TO GET THE DOOR OPEN,

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MY PHONE'S IN MY BACK POCKET

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AND SUDDENLY IT STARTS RINGING.

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FINALLY, I GET THE DOOR OPEN,

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I DROP EVERYTHING,

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SHUT THE DOOR, I THINK

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I EVEN LEFT MY SUITCASE

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OUT IN THE HALLWAY,

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AND IT WAS THE-- A COUPLE

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MEMBERS OF THE ASTRONAUT

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SELECTION BOARD.

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AND SO, I ANSWER THE PHONE

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AS CALMLY AS I POSSIBLY

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COULD IN THAT MOMENT.

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THE SOCIAL SCIENCES--

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I'VE ALWAYS LOVED HISTORY

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AND ENGLISH AND ALL THOSE OTHER

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CLASSES AS WELL, BUT

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I ALWAYS JUST GRAVITATED

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TOWARDS THE SCIENCES

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AND MATH, AND PHYSICS

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WAS ALWAYS ONE OF

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MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS.

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AND FOR ME, BOTH MY PARENTS

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STUDIED ARCHITECTURE

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SO THE DESIGN ASPECT

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I ALSO WAS VERY INTO, WHICH IS

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I THINK WHAT DREW ME

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TOWARDS ENGINEERING.

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AND THEN, YOU COMBINE THAT

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WITH MY INTEREST IN

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THE SPACE PROGRAM FROM

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A YOUNG AGE AND AEROSPACE

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ENGINEERING JUST SEEMED

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PRETTY NATURAL.

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SURROUND YOURSELF WITH

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GOOD PEOPLE THAT HAVE

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THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT

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YOU WANT TO GROW IN YOURSELF.

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I THINK IF YOU SURROUND

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YOURSELF WITH PEOPLE

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LIKE THAT YOU KIND OF BRING

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EACH OTHER UP TO A HIGHER

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AND HIGHER LEVEL AS YOU GO.

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AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S A--

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THERE'S ANYTHING THAT

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CAN HELP MORE THAN THAT.

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