It just didn't make sense. The lodge is 42,000 square feet — they're not lacking for space.

He told me that half the lodge had been sold and the new owner [Bussey] wanted this space to sell real estate. I asked if I could move to another area or even pay rent for the space. He said no.

I proposed setting up a booth offering to take digital photos of skiers and snowboarders.

When you talk to crews that went to Mir or have gone up to International Space Station, they say that you go through different phases of adaptation or getting used to the space environment.

It's such a long mission and we get to spend so much time in space... we're doing such exciting research. And I don't want to overemphasize the life science research, but as a physician the life science research that we're doing is extremely exciting.

Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying into space, the more people you have, the better.