David Saint-Jacques - One peculiarity of an astronaut's job is that we do everything in public. A

One peculiarity of an astronaut's job is that we do everything in public. Also, you don't want to make a mistake. In the best case, it's an embarrassment, in the worst, death. That's also part of the training. They teach you to think like an astronaut, like they do with a pilot, a military man, a fireman. You dissociate in your mind the gravity of the consequences of your mistake.

- David Saint-Jacques

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topic: Mistake, Military, Men, Fireman