When we first get to space, we feel sick. Your body is really confused. You're dizzy. Your lunch is floating around in your belly because you're floating. What you see doesn't match what you feel, and you want to throw up.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't want to be in a position that could make me vomit, like air travel. I've purloined airsick bags and stuffed them everywhere, just in case I ever feel the need to throw up. I haven't vomited since 1977, but I think about it all the time. I recognize that it's irrational, but I'd rather jump out of a window than vomit.
I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France.
The fascination to go into space has existed for hundreds of years. But as we do things and they're successful, people get bored.
Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I comprehend the world.
It's a pity I flew only once. A space flight is like a drug - once you experience it, you can't think of anything else.
Spacewalking trumps everything. Viscerally, it is a phenomenal place to be; to be able to glance right and see the world, glance left and see the universe, and realise for a moment that you're holding on to your known existence with one hand. That's the thing.
It's only when gravity starts to take over you begin to think about your body.
Gravity pulls our bodily fluids down, like water in a glass goes to the bottom part of a glass. In space, the water doesn't stay in the bottom of the glass. It distributes itself evenly over time throughout the entire volume of the glass.
It's much easier for me to sleep in space than it is back home. We sleep in a cabin, and you can float inside.
Food has always brought me comfort and the bingeing is triggered when I'm in a space that is not positive.