The Most Anxious Time Was During Launch,

If We Want Scientists And Engineers In The Future, We Should Be Cultivating The Girls As Much As The Boys.

I Haven't Written My Memoirs Or Let The Television Movie Be Made About My Life.

You Can Picture Pretty Easily If There Were A Paying Passenger Aboard A Rocket That Failed, Like Challenger Failed. Certainly It Would Be A Tragedy, And A Tragedy For The Company. They Would Have A Hard Time Recovering From It.

So Most Astronauts Are Astronauts For A Couple Of Years Before They Are Assigned To A Flight.

The Experience Of Being In Space Didn't Change My Perspective Of Myself Or Of The Planet Or Of Life. I Had No Spiritual Experience.