I don't have to go into outer space to write about an astronaut.

Language is a virus from outer space.

Earth is a small town with many neighborhoods in a very big universe.

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ''I want to see the manager.''

At this point I thought 'We made it,' by which I meant 'We survived.' I also was acutely aware that my childhood dream of flying into space had just come true.

I lay on my back, surprised at how calm and focused I felt, strapped to four and a half million pounds of explosives.