Of course, you'll have to meet the physical and psychological demands. A space walk takes a lot of energy.
From Leroy Chiao
One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space.
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.
The most interesting thing was looking out the window and taking photographs of different places on Earth.
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.
There were different challenges along the way. Certainly the food shortage was unpleasant.
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.
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.
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