Thomas Marshburn Quotes

• The blackness of space was a big shock to me. It is a deep, three-dimensional, oily blackness. You can feel the distance.

  Thomas Marshburn

  Distance, Space, Three

  "My Conversation With an Astronaut". Interview with Ben Arnon, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 11, 2012.

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• In 2009 I went up on the space shuttle. I was in space for 16 days and docked at the space station for 11 days. The entire crew did five space walks, of which I was involved with three of them. When you're doing a space walk, you always have a buddy with you. It's a very dangerous environment when you're doing a space walk.

  Thomas Marshburn

  Space, Three, Environment

  "My Conversation With an Astronaut". Interview with Ben Arnon, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 11, 2012.

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• As an astronaut, when you're getting ready to go out of that hatch, you know that's the pinnacle of both your career and your life. The view completely blows you away. The real challenge is getting past the excitement and getting focused and down to work.

  Thomas Marshburn

  Real, Blow, Past

  "My Conversation With an Astronaut". Interview with Ben Arnon, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 11, 2012.

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• We have to be plumbers, electricians, construction engineers, or workers, on the space station, but at the same time running a laboratory, being scientists, being the best laboratory assistants we can be. It's all in a bundle; it's very exciting, it's a lot of fun.

  Thomas Marshburn

  Running, Fun, Space

  "Rocket To ISS Lifts Off With American, Russian, Canadian Astronauts" by Clara Moskowitz, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 19, 2012.

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