Bill Shepherd
Bill Shepherd
William Shepherdis an American astronaut, commander of the Expedition One crew on the International Space Station...
approach compare countries hugely legacies mirror problem space
This mirror allows us to look at how we do things...and we get to compare this with how other countries approach the same problem and this is hugely valuable. This will be one of the legacies of space station.
accept agency biggest change cultural everybody front hardest issue nasa problem russian space work
I think the biggest issue for NASA and for the Russian Space Agency and other folks... (is) everybody has to accept some cultural change to make this happen. It's probably the biggest problem in front of us and it's probably one of the hardest things we have got to go work on.
ready sail
Sail her well, ... I am ready to be relieved.
along cold hood ornament post space station war
The space station is a hood ornament , if you will, for how we need to get along in the post Cold War world,
coffee couple cups life next normal
I was pretty depressed, ... But we had a couple cups of coffee and thought about it and got up the next day and life was normal again.
crew everybody happy space station thanksgiving wish
So I just want to wish everybody down there happy Thanksgiving from the crew of space station Alpha.
certainly clean hair miss otherwise
I did miss having a shower, particularly to clean my hair up. But otherwise what we did onboard was certainly very workable.
ready
We were technically ready to come home, but we're still going through a lot of details.
healthy living moving people period questions space toward understand
We're moving toward a period where we understand how to have people living and working and being healthy in space indefinitely. There are big questions about how to do that.
good happy stay
It's good for us. We're happy to stay one more day.
complete feeling hurt spring win
I want them to take that hurt feeling with them. They did not complete something. I want them to think about it all spring and summer, because I'm here to win in March. I never want them to feel this again.
fun glad load ourselves running
We really had to load ourselves down on the treadmill. Running on it was not a lot of fun but I think we're all glad that we did it now that we're back on the Earth.
everybody forward good great job looking
We're having a pretty good day in orbit. We're getting a lot done. Sergei and Yuri are doing a great job as everybody told me, and we're looking forward to a good docking tomorrow.
good ride rocket ship thankful
When you ride a good rocket ship to orbit, you have a lot to be thankful for.