The return was much worse than the adaptation of getting up there, especially for the year flight, i felt like I had the flu after the first few days. I was tired for really long time. Scott Kelly More Quotes by Scott Kelly More Quotes From Scott Kelly I’ve tried to do this … with a deliberate pace, looking not really at the end, but at the next milestone, i could go another 100 days; I could go another year if I had to. Scott Kelly science The space station is a magical place. Scott Kelly science It is a harsh environment. For instance, having no running water, it’s like I’ve been in the woods camping for a year. Scott Kelly science I think that would be too late, you know, I think if we’re going to Mars, and we were growing stuff, we would be responsible for deciding when the stuff needed water. Kind of like in my backyard, I look at it and say ‘ Oh, maybe I should water the grass today. ’ I think this is how this should be handled. Scott Kelly science We should be OK, the program plans for these kinds of things to happen. They're very unfortunate when they do. Scott Kelly science My hope is that we discover that the mitigation steps that we came up with for the bone and muscle loss are effective and they work, the vision problem we have is much different. I mean we really don't understand why that's happening. Scott Kelly science It’s a long time, you know, it really is, a year of doing anything is a really long time. Scott Kelly science That would be me. I think I'm the lab rat. Scott Kelly science To have this unique opportunity to be the first American to do this -- and I do feel grateful and feel like I am in a privileged position -- even though you know it's going to be a tough flight being in space for that long. Scott Kelly science Technology has developed significantly since the Russians had the last crewmembers spend that amount of time in space, the types of imaging capability, between MRIs and CAT scans, ultrasound and probably all ways that we collect data, it has gotten better since this was done the last time. Scott Kelly science I suspect we're going to learn a lot about our physiology and how longer-duration space flights affects it, and hopefully ways to mitigate those effects. Scott Kelly science It's a lot of fun, space station is a magical place. Scott Kelly top-news I'm going to keep a personal journal of the experience. Scott Kelly top-news I plan to be completely honest about it. Scott Kelly top-news He thinks it's great that he can still be a participant in this. Scott Kelly top-news As a test pilot and as an engineer, what fascinates me is the space station as a whole experiment. Scott Kelly science This is a really big space station. We do a lot of various kinds of work here, different kinds of science experiments; we have over 400 different experiments going on at any one time in different areas, from basic science research to medical technology, that hopefully will benefit more people on Earth. Scott Kelly technology work time science A year is a long time to live without the human contact of loved ones, fresh air, and gravity, to name a few. Scott Kelly loved name time long The calluses on your feet in space will eventually fall off. So, the bottoms of your feet become very soft like newborn baby feet. But the top of my feet develop rough alligator skin because I use the top of my feet to get around here on space station when using foot rails. Scott Kelly skin space baby fall It's a combination of science, maintenance, and general housekeeping. And then, occasionally, robotics activities or a spacewalk you might get to do. Scott Kelly you housekeeping maintenance science