Ocupation: Astronaut
Life: b. January 20, 1930
Birthday: January 20
There's a tremendously satisfying freedom associated with weightlessness. It's challenging in the absence of traction or leverage, and it requires thoughtful readjustment. I found the experience of weightlessness to be one of the most fun and enjoyable, challenging and rewarding, experiences of spaceflight. Returning to Earth brings with it a great sense of heaviness, and a need for careful movement. In some ways it's not too different from returning from a rocking ocean ship.
source: Scholastic Interview, teacher.scholastic.com. November 17, 1998.
topic: Fun, Ocean, Thoughtful, Traction, Spaceflight, Rewarding Experiences, Weightlessness