David Mackay
David Mackay
chance military travel
I thought any chance I had of space travel would be military or government-controlled.
medicare question
There's no question Medicare Part D has dampened sales.
astronaut frustrated grew humans landing life living lots moon seemed space time
I was a frustrated astronaut all my life. I grew up at a time when space seemed to have no boundaries, and lots of us presumed humans would be living on the moon and landing on Mars.
exciting exploring landing looked watched
I watched the moon landing as a boy, and I thought that was the most exciting thing ever, going into space, orbiting Earth and exploring other planets. That looked fantastic.
oral problem skills solving wider
Oral presentations could also be important, with the wider skills of problem solving and working with others.
fantastic saw
When I was 12, I saw the Apollo moon landings, and I thought that was really fantastic and exciting and thought, 'That's what I want to do.'
above accepted commonly
We go up just into space - space is most commonly accepted to be 100 kilometres above the earth's surface, and we go up just beyond that to about 350,000 ft.