I think I am a smart aleck because I grew up close enough to Boston, and most people from Massachusetts talk fast, and I have a little bit of a wiseacre, and I think I'm a little bit like that. Sunita Williams More Quotes by Sunita Williams More Quotes From Sunita Williams Don't get bogged down by the notion of limits. There aren't any. Sunita Williams infinite-possibilities astronaut limits We really have the most beautiful planet in our solar system. None other can sustain life like we know it. None other has blue water and white clouds covering colorful landmasses filled with thriving, beautiful, living things like human beings. Sunita Williams clouds beautiful water life You don't look at the big problem all together, because I think it's a little intimidating. So you just take it one day at a time, meet the people who are going to meet with you, for you, and who you're going to work for, and really try to do the best job that you can. That's all teamwork, and that's what space travel is about. Sunita Williams best day work time Space is absolutely a 3-D world in comparison to our 2-D world on Earth. Sunita Williams comparison space earth world Six months away from family and friends is a long time. Emotionally, you go through some ups and downs. Life changes on the ground, and you have to ready for that. Life changes for you up here as well. Sunita Williams you family time life When I went to Test Pilot School, that's when we came to Johnson Space Center. And I ended up seeing John Young and listening to him talk and getting a positive influence from him. Sunita Williams influence space positive school The main goal of the International Space Station is to work on peaceful projects. In space, we're all people from Earth. Sunita Williams space earth work people There is still some gravity where we are and even as far out as our moon. That is why our moon stays in orbit around the Earth. We don't feel the gravity up here because it is so much smaller than the force we feel when we are on the Earth. Sunita Williams feel force moon earth The International Space Station is a great place to live for a year. Sunita Williams live place great space Usually, if you stop for tea, someone will feel the desire to join you. Sunita Williams stop feel you tea I wanted to be a veterinarian and go to school in Boston. It didn't quite work out that way, and I ended up joining the Navy as a suggestion of my big brother. It was really awesome - and I didn't realize it at the time, -but provided a lot of leadership and followership teamwork opportunities. Sunita Williams brother leadership work time Planets look about the same here as they do to you on the Earth because we really aren't that much closer. Our home, the International Space Station, orbits around the Earth at about 200 miles. Sunita Williams look you space home You don't see any borders between countries from space. That's man-made, and one experiences it only when you return to Earth. Sunita Williams see you space earth We certainly would not be here, living and working on the International Space Station without the commitment and dedication of all the folks who worked the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Programs as well as the Russian Space Program. Sunita Williams living dedication space commitment Funny how words in one language get used in another language. For example, 'scotch' in Russian is tape and 'pampers' means diapers. Sunita Williams words how language funny Mission Control in Houston receives our e-mails through a satellite and then sends them out to our family and friends. Likewise, any e-mails written to us go through the Mission Control, and then they send them up to us via a satellite. Sunita Williams control go friends family We take things to remind us of home. I think my favourite is a stuffed dog that was homemade from a picture of my little Jack Russell terrier. Sunita Williams picture think dog home It took a little while to get used to falling asleep without laying down on a bed or having a pillow. Sunita Williams falling without down bed You can hover in the air if you want, or you can push off of something and glide through the air - just like a fish. I also think it is like being a fish, since you can catch food in your mouth easily because it is suspended in the air - just like when you put fish food in a tank - the fish swim up to it, open their mouths, and eat the food. Sunita Williams fish think you food There is nothing like home anywhere. There's no place like home, even in space. Sunita Williams nothing place space home
