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Even if my job for the day is cleaning the vents or fixing the toilet, it still feels good to be a part of the space program and advancing exploration.
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I do think space hotels are probably in our future.
Peggy Whitson
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I think, just philosophically, we're made to explore.
Peggy Whitson -
It's been fun doing interviews with the other astronauts, getting to hear: 'Oh, that's how he explains it' or 'That's how she thinks about it.' We work together, but we don't necessarily share all those thoughts or ideas.
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Work ethic is probably my No. 1 value and No. 1 attribute.
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I think the legacy of the space station will be that we can do something this technically complex in an international way.
Peggy Whitson -
It's like being a bird, maybe, the perspective of flying over the Earth.
Peggy Whitson -
Viewing the earth from above gives you this sense of how special the planet is that we live on.
Peggy Whitson
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In terms of goals for NASA before I die, we need to be living on Mars. And I might not live that long, so they better get on with it!
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Everything every day here on Earth is based on gravity, and you don't realize it until you don't have it anymore.
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My undergraduate, I double-majored in biology and chemistry. Biology was kind of my love.
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Breaking records has never been my goal. I think it's important that we're continually pushing our limits and showing that we can extend beyond what we have done before.
Peggy Whitson -
I was inspired by the men who walked on the moon. It really was my inspiration, I think, you know, as a kid of 9 years old - I know I'm dating myself, but - I thought, 'What a cool job!'
Peggy Whitson -
In space for a short time, I think most people could survive that. If you're sending an average person who's healthy for a short period of time, I think that's quite doable.
Peggy Whitson
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The first time I went into space was just so much more than you could imagine or prepare yourself for.
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The advice I give young people is that you have to pursue something, and you have to have fun along the way.
Peggy Whitson -
I think probably the discoveries made by Hubble Space Telescope have been very dramatic, very amazing.
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Drive and desire was something I was raised with. It became a very important part of how I've become.
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One of the things I think is really cool that we're testing on board the International Space Station is the water reclamation system.
Peggy Whitson -
Find your passion. Because with that passion, you can do anything.
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On my first flight, I don't know if maybe it's a function of time, or if I was less stressed on my second flight, but just being able to tell what part of the planet we were flying over by the reflected light coming through the window - that was pretty special.
Peggy Whitson -
I love working at NASA, but the part that has been the most satisfying on a day-to-day basis, hour-to-hour, minute-to-minute, has been working on board the space station. Even if I'm just cleaning the vents in the fans, it all is important.
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You see billions and billions of stars and recognize that you know some of those have planets, too, and maybe there's life out there, and this is just one of billions of galaxies... and so it gives you this huge perspective of how far we potentially have to go for real exploration.
Peggy Whitson -
Walking in space is absolutely the most exhilarating part of a mission. The view is just incredible.
Peggy Whitson