Three of us will help the other two get suited up, get them in the hatch, and get them out the door.

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We're doing a lot of inspection on the leading edge of our wing on 114 and 121, the first two flights.

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There's a lot of interest there in the missions that I fly on and the ones my brother's involved with.

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Well, I have an undergraduate degree, a couple of bachelor's degrees, from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

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He's working a lot harder than I am. I tell these people that we really appreciate what they're doing for us.

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A trip to space is a big motivator to give up some things in your personal life. Obviously, you can't give up everything and you don't want to.

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You look at it as a privilege. So you really decide that you're going to put the time in and work really hard to get to the point where you're ready.

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The first two missions have some test objectives, some new capabilities that we're going to try to develop on orbit to possibly be used on later flights.

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My family deals with those risks. The best I can do is talk to them about some of those risks. I'm not incredibly specific with them, especially with my kids.

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There are a lot of dedicated people out there that don't get the recognition that we get, but they're as important as the people that are sitting in the vehicle.

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