Acting is probably the greatest therapy in the world. You can get a lot stuff out of you on the set so you don't have to take it home with you at night. It's the stuff between the lines, the empty space between those lines which is interesting.
NASA wanted to assure its ability to examine the spacecraft in orbit for signs of damage.
I'd like to be rich. I'd like a lot of money to put into my physicals and to buy food for all my friends.