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I get standing ovations at meetings when I say Britain should be involved in human spaceflight. Unfortunately, that goal has been blocked by a handful of people in high office.

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Just because I'm a woman does not mean I have to deal with everything to do with food.

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The advice I was given was just to make sure you look out of the window occasionally. It's something no astronaut ever gets tired of doing.

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I don't classify myself as the first space tourist because I wasn't as though I paid and had a holiday out of it - although I had a fab time.

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There is good science you can do in space. There is stuff there you cannot do on Earth and we can gain understanding from it.

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You don't go into space just for the science. Economically, it is not worth it. I think the reason we should be in space is for the exploration; it's the human endeavour.

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We should be pushing our boundaries. After all, we Britons are explorers and adventurers.

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I lived at Star City for more than a year ahead of my trip to Mir on May 18, 1991 in Soyuz TM-12. My life at Star City was so remote that learning Russian became my greatest priority.

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When the history books are written in a thousand years, when space travel would have become routine, the moment that humans first left Earth will be of huge importance. Star City is a central part of this story and it deserves more recognition.

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I had been lucky that my physiology is well suited to space training.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Scientist

Born: May 30th, 1963

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