No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.

I did not come to NASA to make history.

The food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program.

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!

The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic.

I had both male and female heroes.

We need to make science cool again.