I Wasn’t Destined To Be An Astronaut.

The Moon Has Given Us Months, Tides And A Destination That Ever-beckons. It's Time We Build A Rocket And Go To Stay.

When You Have Some Skills But Don't Fully Understand Your Environment, There Is No Way You Can Be A Plus One. At Best, You Can Be A Zero. But A Zero Isn't A Bad Thing To Be. You're Competent Enough Not To Create Problems Or Make More Work For Everyone Else. And You Have To Be Competent, And Prove To Others That You Are, Before You Can Be Extraordinary. There Are No Short-cuts, Unfortunately.

It's Good To Have A Fear Of Heights. I Mean, It's Kind Of Crazy Not To Because If You Just Lean Out A Little Bit And There's A Gust Of Wind Or Somebody Bumps You Or Something And You Fall, You're Splat.

When I Stand On The Edge Of A Cliff Or Right At The Edge Of A Building Or Something, It's One Of The Few Things That Gives Me Kind Of A Deep, Overwhelming, Irrational Fear Where It Affects My Physiology.

It's Like Being A Newborn, This Sudden Sensory Overload Of Noise, Color, Smells And Gravity After Months Of Quietly Floating, Encased In Relative Calm And Isolation. No Wonder Babies Cry In Protest When They're Born.