Mike Davis

Right, but look, those are just requirements. Nowhere in there do they talk about the qualities. Like, you need a measure of patience. You also need a measure of humility that's impossible to quantify. I wrote a story a few years ago for my podcast, not about Neil Armstrong, but about Buzz Aldrin, who, of course, was the second man.

Right, but look, those are just requirements. Nowhere in there do they talk about the qualities. Like, you need a measure of patience. You also need a measure of humility that's impossible to quantify. I wrote a story a few years ago for my podcast, not about Neil Armstrong, but about Buzz Aldrin, who, of course, was the second man.

Right, but look, those are just requirements. Nowhere in there do they talk about the qualities. Like, you need a measure of patience. You also need a measure of humility that's impossible to quantify. I wrote a story a few years ago for my podcast, not about Neil Armstrong, but about Buzz Aldrin, who, of course, was the second man.

Yes. And he told a little parenthetical tale that really stuck with me years ago. about the time that he had to wait and just the place you go mentally, right? And then the fact that all of a sudden he's got to pee. He really has to pee. And as Neil Armstrong is literally taking one small step for mankind... Buzz is just filling his special little stadium pal, right?

Yes. And he told a little parenthetical tale that really stuck with me years ago. about the time that he had to wait and just the place you go mentally, right? And then the fact that all of a sudden he's got to pee. He really has to pee. And as Neil Armstrong is literally taking one small step for mankind... Buzz is just filling his special little stadium pal, right?

Yes. And he told a little parenthetical tale that really stuck with me years ago. about the time that he had to wait and just the place you go mentally, right? And then the fact that all of a sudden he's got to pee. He really has to pee. And as Neil Armstrong is literally taking one small step for mankind... Buzz is just filling his special little stadium pal, right?

And so, you know, there's, like, where do you put that in the, like, no one writes about that. But you do want to know. But that's also what being an astronaut is. Sometimes you just have to stand quietly by something. After hours and hours and hours of patience while somebody else gets all the glory, then you pee your pants.

And so, you know, there's, like, where do you put that in the, like, no one writes about that. But you do want to know. But that's also what being an astronaut is. Sometimes you just have to stand quietly by something. After hours and hours and hours of patience while somebody else gets all the glory, then you pee your pants.

And so, you know, there's, like, where do you put that in the, like, no one writes about that. But you do want to know. But that's also what being an astronaut is. Sometimes you just have to stand quietly by something. After hours and hours and hours of patience while somebody else gets all the glory, then you pee your pants.

when you think about zero gravity and the effect that could have on the lower GI tract and the immediate results after an evacuation, I just, yeah, I would have liked to have seen more of that in, in this trip just to really, just to really balance it out. Right. So you've got the glamor and you've got the excitement, but just to remind people that, that we're all put together the same basic way.

when you think about zero gravity and the effect that could have on the lower GI tract and the immediate results after an evacuation, I just, yeah, I would have liked to have seen more of that in, in this trip just to really, just to really balance it out. Right. So you've got the glamor and you've got the excitement, but just to remind people that, that we're all put together the same basic way.

when you think about zero gravity and the effect that could have on the lower GI tract and the immediate results after an evacuation, I just, yeah, I would have liked to have seen more of that in, in this trip just to really, just to really balance it out. Right. So you've got the glamor and you've got the excitement, but just to remind people that, that we're all put together the same basic way.

You just get little pieces of scat floating through the air and

You just get little pieces of scat floating through the air and

You just get little pieces of scat floating through the air and

Well, when you're at zero gravity, that's everybody's greatest fear.

Well, when you're at zero gravity, that's everybody's greatest fear.

Well, when you're at zero gravity, that's everybody's greatest fear.

But you know what? Back to my days as a fighter pilot, when I talk about humility, when you're in the back of that thing, And this was a private flight. They were spoiling me because I was hosting a show in San Francisco and they they wanted to show me the entire maneuvers of the Blue Angel experience. So I'm strapped into the back of this thing.

But you know what? Back to my days as a fighter pilot, when I talk about humility, when you're in the back of that thing, And this was a private flight. They were spoiling me because I was hosting a show in San Francisco and they they wanted to show me the entire maneuvers of the Blue Angel experience. So I'm strapped into the back of this thing.