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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

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

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My personal opinion, Suni Williams - I think that when we really leave the planet - we all go as humans, not as people from one country or another. We are humans; we work together. This is our only planet as human beings that we know of. So we all should have an interest in preserving it. Sunita Williams

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I am starting to think about those things that I miss from home. Ice cream is definitely one of those things we do not have up here. My favorite is pistachio. I love it with chocolate sauce. Sunita Williams

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I do hope there are other wonderful planets living and thriving out there, but ours is special because it is ours and ours to take care of. We really can't take that too lightly. Sunita Williams

Hope Wonderful Care Living Too Other Ours Out Thriving Take Take Care Lightly Because Really Planets Special

I will say one of my favorite Russian side dishes is beet salad. It is dehydrated beets chopped very finely with nuts. It is a great side dish. I would like to try to make this when I get home. The nuts make it! Sunita Williams

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One thing to say about doing maintenance in space - it is difficult because the parts and pieces float away. You end up using a lot of tape and Velcro to make sure things stay put. Sunita Williams

You Space Difficult Say One Thing Stay About Put Velcro Maintenance Pieces Make Sure Parts Because Doing Tape Lot End Up Using Float Away Thing Things

When any part of the Station is moved from its designated location to do a repair, we really risk losing things. Sunita Williams

Losing Location Station Risk Part Repair Any Moved Really Things

A bonus container is food, especially for each individual - supposed to be one every month, but in fine Pandya fashion, I have been 'saving' them. They are food that we requested or indicated that we particularly liked. Sunita Williams

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When you're on a Soyuz flight, you know that when you go to Russia, you're going to do X, Y, and Z. You have that plan already laid out. Sunita Williams

You Out Russia Know Go Going Laid Plan Flight

There's one downside in comparison to both Soyuz and SpaceX, is that when you go to those places - when I went to Russia, or when I went to California - you're sort of focused on what you're doing. Your family's not there. Your lawn isn't needing to be cut. You're just focusing on what you need to do. Sunita Williams

All of us who are flying on international space stations speak some Russian and speak some English. Both the languages are needed to fly in a Russian spacecraft and communicate with your colleagues. Sunita Williams

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When you are thinking about going away for a long duration mission, it has to be part of your mindset that you're leaving your family, but it's for the right reasons, for good reasons, and hopefully helping humanity. Sunita Williams

My first mission was six and a half months. We weren't exactly sure how long it was going to be because I went up and back on the space shuttle, which was dependent on weather for launch and landing. Sunita Williams

We try to keep it a normal day while we're up in space. You know, you don't want to change your time cycle too much, so we just keep it normal. And so, about 5 or 6 o'clock at night, after we finish working, we knock it off by having prerecorded shows that we watch sometimes through the computer while we're eating dinner. Sunita Williams

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When you look at the darkest areas in space, you feel that there's something out there that we don't know about. Sunita Williams

You Space Darkest Out About Something Area Feel Know Look

The space program is a peaceful project. The next door is opening. We have to go farther into space. But, before that, we need to develop far more improved nutrition and more advanced spacecraft. Sunita Williams

There are millions of stars out there. It is difficult to think that life does not exist in any one of them. Sunita Williams

Life Stars Difficult Think Out Does Exist Any Them Millions

In my space journey, I felt vulnerable because we did not have anyone with medical background. When we make that big trip to Mars, we would need a doctor on board. Sunita Williams

Journey Doctor Space Big Background Would Mars Trip Make Because Vulnerable Felt Did Anyone Board Medical Need

NASA, like every government organization, has some bureaucracy, which can become slimmer. Sunita Williams

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