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Peggy Whitson
Peggy Whitson
American Astronaut
Born: Feb 9, 1960
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Related authors: Alan Shepard Buzz Aldrin Christa McAuliffe Ellen Ochoa Jim Lovell Mae Jemison Neil Armstrong Sally Ride
Know what it is that drives you - motivates you - and pursue it. Endeavor to work to make it happen. Peggy Whitson
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I would certainly encourage young people to pursue their dreams. It isn't always an easy path, but it's worth going after. And I figure if a farmer's daughter from Iowa can become an astronaut, you can be just about anything you want to be. Peggy Whitson
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It's like being a bird, maybe, the perspective of flying over the Earth. Peggy Whitson
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I like to say I'm determined; some people would call it stubborn. It depends on your perspective. Peggy Whitson
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You need to live a little bit outside your comfort zone because you can be even more than you dream of. Peggy Whitson
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I think the biggest advice that I could give people is to actually try and live beyond your dreams by pushing yourself, challenging yourself to do things a little bit outside of your comfort zone. Peggy Whitson
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We want people to continue learning new things about what space does to the human body. It's important for us to understand that and make sure when we get ready to fly to Mars that we are ready for what we're going to be exposed to. Peggy Whitson
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I honestly do think that it is critical that we are continuously breaking records, because that represents us moving forward in exploration. Peggy Whitson
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Breaking records has never been my goal. I think it's important that we're continually pushing our limits and showing that we can extend beyond what we have done before. Peggy Whitson
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In space for a short time, I think most people could survive that. If you're sending an average person who's healthy for a short period of time, I think that's quite doable. Peggy Whitson
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Work ethic is probably my No. 1 value and No. 1 attribute. Peggy Whitson
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I knew I wanted to be a part of NASA in any case, and so I chose my goals in education to be consistent with working at NASA even as, you know, a scientist. Peggy Whitson
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I came from Iowa, south central Iowa. It was a very rural area. I saw a lot more hogs growing up than I saw people. Peggy Whitson
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My undergraduate, I double-majored in biology and chemistry. Biology was kind of my love. Peggy Whitson
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Here, in low earth orbit, we're going around the earth, so we can actually use an Internet protocol phone because we have the appropriate satellites that can get those bandwidths. Peggy Whitson
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My work ethic is, I think, from my farm life. Peggy Whitson
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I think the International Space Station is providing a key bridge from us living on Earth to going somewhere into deep space. Peggy Whitson
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We are absolutely ready to go to Mars. It's going to be a fantastic journey getting there and very exciting times. Peggy Whitson
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Everything every day here on Earth is based on gravity, and you don't realize it until you don't have it anymore. Peggy Whitson
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The advice I give young people is that you have to pursue something, and you have to have fun along the way. Peggy Whitson
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Drive and desire was something I was raised with. It became a very important part of how I've become. Peggy Whitson
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There is a potential to be a big explosion of what spaceflight is gonna mean to just an everyday person in the near future. I think it's very hopeful for our young people: all the exciting things that they could be doing in the future relative to space and space exploration. Peggy Whitson
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One of the things I think is really cool that we're testing on board the International Space Station is the water reclamation system. Peggy Whitson
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The first time I went into space was just so much more than you could imagine or prepare yourself for. Peggy Whitson
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Zero gravity is such an alien environment - completely different from everything we've grown up with every single day of our lives. And it's incomprehensible how much better it was than I anticipated it would be. Peggy Whitson
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Walking in space is absolutely the most exhilarating part of a mission. The view is just incredible. Peggy Whitson
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