I never made a career decision based solely on my desire to be an astronaut. I attended the Naval Academy because I wanted to be a Navy pilot. I majored in math because math had always come pretty easily to me and I liked it.
The Space Shuttle will stop directly below the Space Station and Sergei and I will be looking out two different windows looking straight down at the … - John L. Phillips
The Space Shuttle will stop directly below the Space Station and Sergei and I will be looking out two different windows looking straight down at the …
- John L. Phillips
A civilization that only looks inward will stagnate. We have to keep looking outward; we have to keep finding new avenues for human endeavor and huma… - John L. Phillips
A civilization that only looks inward will stagnate. We have to keep looking outward; we have to keep finding new avenues for human endeavor and huma…
My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration. - John L. Phillips
My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration.
Every day, we get a little bit closer to the kind of expertise and the kind of experience we're going to need to go there. I'd love to be the guy wal… - John L. Phillips
Every day, we get a little bit closer to the kind of expertise and the kind of experience we're going to need to go there. I'd love to be the guy wal…
After assembly complete, when we have a larger crew on orbit, a more complex vehicle, more laboratories and more robot arms, maybe we'll have room fo… - John L. Phillips
After assembly complete, when we have a larger crew on orbit, a more complex vehicle, more laboratories and more robot arms, maybe we'll have room fo…
We're going to be focusing our science on things that will take us farther and longer into space. For many of those experiments, the crew members are… - John L. Phillips
We're going to be focusing our science on things that will take us farther and longer into space. For many of those experiments, the crew members are…
We would like to carry out 100 percent, or maybe more, of our scientific program; I would like to devote some of my spare time toward extra scientifi… - John L. Phillips
We would like to carry out 100 percent, or maybe more, of our scientific program; I would like to devote some of my spare time toward extra scientifi…
I think it's going to be a very important, unique data set in terms of measuring the behavior of your lower body in space and trying to figure out wh… - John L. Phillips
I think it's going to be a very important, unique data set in terms of measuring the behavior of your lower body in space and trying to figure out wh…
It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut. - John L. Phillips
It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.
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