What is your Interest in Literature and the Humanities?             Humanity


The Interest in Literature and the Humanities is to try to put this all in Perspective, to try to look on my 30 years as an Astronaut, to try to look at the Privilege. You know, there are Millions of People that could be up here and doing exactly what I am doing. And so my Interest in there is, in terms of Literature and Philosophy, is to try to catch not only to do these kinds of things, but what is the Meaning of it, what is the Meaning of it to Humanity? How do you put it in Perspective? How do you come up here and have a great Experience? You know, it is like Thoreau going to the Woods, it is a new Experience into Nature. It is like the American Renaissance, the whole bunch, the Moby Dicks. You can think of Moby Dick and his Quest. You can think about the Mission you are on, the kind of Quest you are on here today. But the Principle thing is not only go do it, but to put Perspective on it and to Give it to other People, other people that could be here as well as You

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