Whenever I Do Get To Look Out,

I Have A Computer Screen Near My Seat Where I Monitor The Overall Health Of The Vehicle And Pick Up Any Problems That Might Be Occurring Early On Or Once We See Any Kind Of A Malfunction Or Anything Unusual That's Happening, We Can Look At The Data And Figure Out What That Is.

Things Are Going Very Smoothly. As Expected, There Are Some Minor Glitches, And The Eight Minutes That It Took Us To Get To Orbit, We Trained Months And Months For, And Didn't Have To Use Any Of That Preparation, Other Than Being Aware And Ready.

Everyone That I've Talked To Who's Been To Space Has Thoroughly Enjoyed The Experience, And What You Often Hear Them Say Is: It Was Great, But We Just Had To Come Home.

If You're Trying To Get Someone Who's Sick With A Fever Off Of A Submarine And It's Cold And Raining Outside, The Only Way In And Out Of A Submarine, Generally, Is Through A Fairly Narrow Hatch.

I Feel Blessed To Be Here Representing Our Country And Carrying Out Th Research Of Scientists Around The World... I Hope You Could Feel The Positive Energy That Beamed To The Whole Planet As We Glided Over.