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Mark Kelly: “I probably have as much time in the space shuttle simulator.”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Senator Mark Kelly on Stoicism, Space, and Staying Calm Under Pressure

Published | Video Starts at 20:40

In the space shuttle, we train a lot, thousands of hours. I have. I have about 6,000 hours of flight time. I think I stopped counting at some point. I probably have as much time in the space shuttle simulator. Yeah. You know, we just spend a ton of time over, you know, for me, over 15 years practicing almost every possible scenario of multiple malfunctions in different systems. (20:40–20:44)

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