David Mackay
David Mackay
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.
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.
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.