If you are not used to the g-forces, it can really mess with you. There's this overwhelming power that sweeps through the cabin. Your senses get pegged out. You're looking for comfort or safety but you won't find any. All you can do is keep breathing.
The notion of getting the general public into low-Earth orbit I don't think is far-fetched at all.
I remember going to London with my father in 1968 to see '2001: A Space Odyssey.' I just soaked in that movie. To me, that was real; it was going to happen.
In 1969 I was 16, and for me anything was possible. '2001: A Space Odyssey' was in theaters. Man's future in space seemed limitless, and here on TV to punctuate it all were men walking on the moon.
I never declared I wanted to be an astronaut, as I considered that was presumptuous.
If you are not happy when you're weightless, then something's wrong.
Weightlessness is a wonderful experience. It feels like magic. It really does.
