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1、ColonelTerryVirtsalwaysknewhewantedtobeapilotoranastronaut.Hehadpicturesofgalaxiesandplanesonhiswallsasachild.Heneverthoughthecouldactuallybecomeanastronaut,buthedidthethingshehadtodotoqualify.Hegotamathematicsdegree,wentintotheAirForce,andeventuallybecameatestpilot.In20
2、00,hewasacceptedtotheastronautcandidateprogram.Iwasexcitedbeyondbelief.Imeanthisismyboyhooddream,andIfinallymadeithappen.Buttheinitialtrainingwasfun.Itwassomethingdifferenteveryday.AsapilotIhadtolearnhowtoflythespaceshuttle,forlaunchandlanding,andrendezvous,andallthepilo
3、tingtasks.Virtsreceivedtraininginmedicine,scienceandtheRussianlanguage.AndhelearnedhowtorepairandmaintaintheInternationalSpaceStation.Eventuallyhewastaughthowtowalkinspace.Hisfirsttriptospacewasin2010,whenhepilotedtheshuttleEndeavor.Thefirstspaceflightisamazing.Firstofal
4、l,walkingouttothespaceshuttleisanamazingexperience.Thisisagiganticrocket.I'veneverbeensoproudofbeinganAmericanbecauseIknewthatAmericanshavebuiltthat.Itwasthemostamazingflyingmachineeverbuilt,andIgottoflyitaspilot.Itwasawesome.Fouryearslater,Virtsreturnedtospaceasflighten
5、gineeroftheInternationalSpaceStation,laterassumingcommand.Thatmissionlasted200days,duringwhichheconductedthreespacewalks,totalingalmost20hours.There'snothinglikespacewalking.It'sjustauniqueexperience.You'reinthisveryheavy,verystiffspacesuitthat'sbasicallyaspaceship.Ithas
6、itsownoxygenandcarbondioxidesystems,acoolingsystem,communication,hasajetpack.It'sasmallspaceship.Exceptforthere'slikeaone-millimeter-thinplasticglass,andontheothersideofthatisspace.YoualmostfeltlikeyoucanseeorhearGodoutthere.It'sreallyanawesomeexperience.Virtssaidoneofhi
7、sfavoritethingstodoinspaceistotakephotographs.HesharedhundredsofpicturesofourplanetonTwitter.It'sjustbeautiful.Andyoufeellikeyou'reseeingtheheavensandearth.Yourhomeplanetisoverthere,andyou'reoverhere.It'sasurreal,emotionalexperience,andsothelittlesillythingsyouwatchonthe
8、newseverynightjustdon'tmatter.Theyarejustnotabigdeal.So,fromthatpointofview,yourperspectivechanges.Virt
