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mentally eliminate the air noise and the turbulence, and you[[strikethrough]]'ve got[[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]]might[[/strikethrough]] get an accurate mental picture of a trip in the Space Shuttle. Not true. [[strikethrough]] Space flight is an experience that is, for now, beyond our minds to describe. [[/strikethrough]] And while it's natural to try to liken spaceflight to familiar experiences, it's a disservice to try to bring it "down to Earth". The environment is different, the perspective is different the feeling is [] different. Part of the fascination with space travel is the element of the unknown--and the conviction that it's different from Earthbound experiences. And it is.

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[[note 2]]Were you scared?

[[note 3]]Let me know what changes - major &/or minor - you'd like. (I've got little or no ego associated with my writing!) Sally

[[note 4]]*can you assert that it is, emotionally, unutterably different? Would it be proper to say that, while in orbit, you are performing complex but oft-rehearsed tasks, a kind of rote housekeeping, but nonetheless there is some unutterable feeling. (Incidentally has anyone thought to monitor the endorphin levels of astronauts. Is it like the early stages of falling in love?
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use is "weightlessness" or "training"
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