Frank Rubio

But then also, part of our job is just to be ready to improvise and make things happen, right?

And you do that in communication with the ground team, right?

There's an incredible team led by a flight director and all the flight control teams, and they're ready to support and provide you as much information and data as you need.

But ultimately, sometimes you just need to improvise and make something happen.

I think...

That's one thing that all of our backgrounds contribute to is you just learn and are comfortable making the best out of a situation that you may not have ever thought of or couldn't have imagined.

But then you assess, you take store of what's available, and then you make the most of it.

And usually it turns out pretty well.

You know, what I learned is you're going to eat whatever they give you.

That's like what I tell my kids now.

That's dinner.

You know, actually, it was a lesson that was reinforced and something I already knew from the Army, right?

Like, unfortunately, the environment that you're usually placed in doesn't allow for gourmet meals.

And ultimately, you just have to have the energy you need to conduct a mission.

Yeah.

But, um, what, what being in space for that long reinforced is it's not really the meal.

It's the people you're sharing it with.

Right.

And just ultimately you can be sharing some pretty untasty food and it's still an awesome experience.

Right.