American - Astronaut | February 9, 1960 -
My desire to contribute to the spaceflight team as we move forward in our exploration of space has only increased over the years.
Peggy Whitson
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I knew I wanted to be a part of NASA in any case, and so I chose my goals in education to be consistent with working at NASA even as, you know, a scientist.
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I came from Iowa, south central Iowa. It was a very rural area. I saw a lot more hogs growing up than I saw people.
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My undergraduate, I double-majored in biology and chemistry. Biology was kind of my love.
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I would love to set foot on another planet - lunar or Mars or somewhere.
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Here, in low earth orbit, we're going around the earth, so we can actually use an Internet protocol phone because we have the appropriate satellites that can get those bandwidths.
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I think probably the discoveries made by Hubble Space Telescope have been very dramatic, very amazing.
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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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We want people to continue learning new things about what space does to the human body. It's important for us to understand that and make sure when we get ready to fly to Mars that we are ready for what we're going to be exposed to.
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Unfortunately, spaceflight takes a lot of time and money.
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We are absolutely ready to go to Mars. It's going to be a fantastic journey getting there and very exciting times.
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Gravity always sucks. It really, really does. It's a big challenge just re-adapting to feeling heavy again, you know? Even my arm feels heavy. My legs feel heavy.
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