“People say that New Yorkers aren't friendly, but I think they're more friendly than Londoners. Here there is a front-footed nature of Americans. You can go out on a night out and meet 10 random people and stay in touch with them, whereas that's not going to happen in the same way in London.”

“And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career.”