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I'd love to be an astronaut. I bet you get a better understanding of our planet seeing it from a distance.

I always wanted to be an astronaut.

I'd love to go to space. I would love to peek out a giant window and look back at the blue marble. There's no question; I'd love to do that.

I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut.

Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also.

I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time.

I would enjoy flying to Mars. This was the dream of the first cosmonauts. I wish I could realize it! I am ready to fly without coming back.

I would drown in objects if I didn't have the ability to photograph them.

It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.

And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career.