Quotes
Husband describes how he became a shuttle commander having flown in only one other space flight:
- "I think a lot of it has to do with being in the right place at the right time."
Rick Husband before his first flight:
- “It was just so incredibly adventurous and exciting to me. I just thought there was no doubt in my mind that is what I want to do when I grow up.”
Husband was also well known for his faith, and in the last-request forms that astronauts fill out before every flight, he left his pastor a personal note:
- “Tell them about Jesus; he’s real to me.”
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