I think there’s all kinds of life out there, including intelligent life, but the reason we haven’t found each other is because of vast distances. Leroy Chiao Read Quote
You’re very well trained for the spacewalk, so when you go outside, it’s not like the movies. Leroy Chiao Read Quote
You might have heard about a transformation that can occur when someone first sees Earth from space – how it becomes harder to think about ‘my country’ or ‘my people’ and harder not to think about ‘our planet.’ I can tell you, that transformation is real. Leroy Chiao Read Quote
I spent a lot of my time working in the American module, and he would stay in the Russian segment working on his things, and we’d meet up at meal times. So it actually worked out very well. Leroy Chiao Read Quote
I’m Chinese-American, of course, and so it’s very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following the United States and Russia, to do so. Leroy Chiao Read Quote
Of course, you’ll have to meet the physical and psychological demands. A space walk takes a lot of energy. Leroy Chiao Read Quote
One of my challenges was to try to photograph the Great Wall of China. And I did actually take some photos, but it was hard to discern the wall with the naked eye. Leroy Chiao Read Quote
