I get pretty emotional about space, particularly Voyager, so thanks for the link! Must check this out.

My thought exactly, surely they need someone to take data and turn into easily understable reports! Non profit fundraising, space stuff, whatevs, data is data.

Yeah.....she gets to punch any flat-earther right in the face without penalty. (Once she gets her strength back. After that long in space, gravity is a major bitch to get used to.)

They need a place that has few people and few deadly obstacles. It’s why the US chose the ocean until the Space Shuttle came along. I haven’t been to Kazakhstan, but it looks relatively flat over large areas and is very wide (nearly 1800 miles,) making the chance of missing it small. Starting from nearly 8…

We need more of these people! They mean business and altruistically make our world better.

I think we’re still at the point where landing safely is a much bigger priority than where you land.

So true, if we can’t picture ourselves drinking a beer with a candidate, they’re not fit for office;)

Is 32 too old to start my space journey? Do they need economists in space? I could really get down with getting off this planet for awhile.

“My eyes will search the horizon to see that curve”

What is the reason that they just don’t time it so they can touch down on their home soil?

Probably because she’s overqualified. ;-)

“She was actually supposed to return in June, the AP reports, “[b]ut when an extra seat opened up on this Soyuz, she jumped at the chance to stay in orbit an extra three months.””

Well our president is actually less qualified than she is, by a lot, so why the hell not?

...departed Earth just a few days after Donald Trump was elected president...

I’m on the couch reciting dialogue along with “Office Space” and reading Jez. I should be cleaning out the gutters. I’m like astronaut Peggy’s derelict cousin who doesn’t get invited to family reunions because I double dip the buffalo chicken dip.

I moved back from Canada a month ago after 3.5 years and I am not that happy about it.

I know she is only an astronaut, but can she also be our president????

Congratulations Peggy- probably the only person in the world right now to be happy to return home to America

Beyond amazing! Meanwhile I’m over here like I DON’T WANNA MOW THE LAWN!